University of Michigan researchers announced they have found a 5 1/2 foot long, pole-shaped piece of wood that is 8,900 years old in Lake Huron.

Canada's largest metropolitan region continues to sprawl with two of its distant suburbs among the nation's three fastest growing municipalities, revealed new census data released Wednesday by Statistics Canada.

The crew of the International Space Station wasn't able to watch the Super Bowl, but they were able to snap an amazing photo of Indianapolis and the Great Lakes region.

Gray wolves in the western Great Lakes were recently taken off the endangered species list. Now, the state of Michigan is responsible for managing the wolf population.

Although they haven't been forced to perform an ice rescue yet this year, emergency crews in Michigan's Upper Peninsula are getting hands-on experience with some helpful safety equipment.

The effects of the sixth-warmest winter to date since 1895, as calculated by state climatologist Jim Angel, are widespread around Chicago outdoors.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has decided to allow Lake Michigan Carferry to apply for an individual permit to repower the SS Badger. If approved, it would allow the Badger to continue sailing while seeking a solution to its coal ash discharge.

The Michigan Senate is currently considering a bill governing Great Lakes beach safety at public beaches -- a bill with clauses both similar to and different than Ludington's policies.

Raw steel production in the country's Great Lakes region was 654,000 tons in the week that ended Saturday, according to estimates from the American Iron and Steel Institute.

Environmental activists Tuesday challenged President Barack Obama and the Republicans hoping to unseat him to support a hotly debated plan to protect the Great Lakes from an Asian carp attack by cutting off their Chicago-area connection to the Mississippi River watershed.

The crew of the International Space Station wasn't able to watch the Super Bowl, but they were able to snap an amazing photo of Indianapolis and the Great Lakes region. Check out the photo, which was taken at night during the big game. Also, a video captured days earlier shows a panorama of the region's night lights.

A great nation needs a great postal system -- even if it doesn't quite pay for itself

The goal of the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper is two-fold: protecting the water quantity and the quality, as well as connecting people to the waterfront.

Most Canadians are basking in an unseasonably warm winter, but Canadian Coast Guard Capt. John Cork isn't one of them.

An 88-acre urban wildlife preserve on the southern shore of Lake Erie provides a 1.3 mile loop walking trail through a former sediment disposal area.

Travel Michigan will join heavy hitters like Marriott International, the Walt Disney Company, and Best Western International in partnering with an organization called Brand USA to promote North American destinations overseas.

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) says the snarl of political interests involved in the Asian carp issue are impeding the push toward a permanent solution.

St. Catharines' dry docks has emerged from the depths after a crushing loss last year in its bid for a multibillion-dollar federal shipbuilding contract.

While health agencies look for faster ways to detect harmful E. coli bacteria on public beaches, they overlook another germ that may cause even greater problems.

BP is spending nearly $4 billion to expand and modernize its Whiting, Indiana refinery to process tar sands oil from Canada.