The warmest water temperature of the Great Lakes today is 81.1 degrees in Lake Erie and the coldest is at 65.1 degrees in Lake Michigan.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is offering insight into their work on the Great Lakes on board Lake Guardian.

The Great Lakes are typically in freeze-over mode right now, but there are big variations from year to year.

In a special report, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin examines how federal cuts could impact invasive species monitoring on Lake Michigan.

A science teacher at Ashley Community Schools was chosen to work aboard an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) research vessel on the Great Lakes for a week.

Amid ongoing grant cancellations and funding freezes, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative appears to be continuing as usual.

Ozzie Osheim, 94, of Rapid City has vivid memories of being stranded in Wall during the Blizzard of 1949, one of the worst blizzards on record in the northern Plains. At the time of the blizzard ...

Some of Michigan's Great Lake beaches actually have water temperatures you could swim in for a short time.

It's hard to believe the year is half over. As always, there's been some weird weather ranging from snow in unusual places to ...