The Great Lakes cover over 94,000 square miles. For people who live surrounded by them, the lakes are a source of pride - and ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards. Downed planes that spent decades underwater were ...

Overfishing is a global concern that is easy to believe is happening in some far-off distant land by a few bad characters.

Explore some of the most intact shipwrecks in the U.S., hidden in a quiet section of Lake Michigan known for its beauty and ...

The crash happened in 1959, despite advanced navigational equipment and efforts to improve safety on the lakes.

ALPENA, MI - You don’t have to get in the (currently) frigid Lake Huron waters to explore these Great Lakes shipwrecks. NOAA Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary has recreated 3D models of nearly 30 ...

Discovery Cruises, leaving from Lake St. Clair Metropark, begin Friday. Speakers talk about everything from shipwrecks to birds.

A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but came to a tragic end has been found more than 100 years after it sank, researchers announced this week. The vessel, the ...

Great Lakes Fishery Commission Last week, the Lake Guardian left the port of Oswego, N.Y., preparing to sail into the nation’s past. The research vessel, which belongs to the Environmental Protection ...

Lake Huron has an average depth of 195 feet and a maximum depth of 750 feet, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Lake Huron is about 183 miles wide and 206 miles long, the ...

MILWAUKEE -- Like tourists in an underwater museum, divers in the Great Lakes explore shipwrecks searching for remnants of clothes, containers of food or even floating human remains.