U.S. Congressional committees have approved the Great Lakes Fisheries Research Reauthorization Act in both the House and the ...

For decades, officials have worried the fish could wreak disaster on the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and the ...

CALEDONIA, Mich. — The Great Lakes fishery is a multibillion-dollar operation, attracting anglers from across the country. When a filet from one its five freshwater bodies is served, though, often the ...

Environmental professionals, business leaders and others discussed the challenges facing the Great Lakes at the 18th annual ...

With their surgical nibbles, these large, semi-aquatic, buck-toothed rodents have emerged as crucial helpers for ecologists ...

Chicago scientists are on the front lines, dedicating their time to finding solutions for the environmental threats facing ...

The Trump administration is planning a mass layoff of federal employees who conduct research of Great Lakes fisheries.

It's a fish story with a big, unexpected plot twist. A native Great Lakes whitefish thought extinct for nearly 40 years has been rediscovered by scientists – in the wrong Great Lake. The Shortnose ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station is based in a building that was constructed in 1917, originally as a federal fish hatchery. It wasn’t the first on ...

This piece originally published in Sierra Magazine on January 31, 2025. All photographs and archival stills are courtesy of Skyhound Media. As moviegoers poured into the lobby of the Lyric Theater in ...

With their eel-like bodies, vampire teeth and suction cup mouths, the main characters of a new documentary resemble something out of the “Dune” science fiction films. The sea lamprey nearly destroyed ...