An Illinois campus is confronting modern electricity needs by getting on their own grid and offering an innovative solution to the nation’s emerging energy problems.

It’s a horror story: fish and birds wash up dead on the beach, invaders change the environment, poison lurks in the sand.

But it’s no story. It’s avian botulism, a toxin that has shown up on Great Lakes shorelines repeatedly over the past 13 years.

An 11-year-old petition to protect the habitat of wintering populations of endangered Great Lakes’ piping plovers was rejected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this month.

Wetland specialists in Michigan are getting schooled in an obscure and unlikely area – gold prospecting.

With prices reaching all time highs – approaching $1,900 this summer – Michigan has seen a boost in ambitious hobbyists searching for gold.

Officials expect a great year for fall colors, so …

While the trees-are-a-changin’ throughout the Great Lakes region, we’d like you to snap a picture, or send one from a previous fall, and we’ll feature it on our weekly Photo Friday post.

Canadian and U.S. officials are working to update the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

But the region’s environmental groups are frustrated by the lack of transparency.

Researchers have discovered a new strain of tick-borne bacteria in two Great Lakes states – Minnesota and Wisconsin.

With a bit of help, farmers can now improve their land and reduce farm runoff into Lake Huron, one ton of soil a time.

More than a dozen devices broadcasting crucial water data from rivers across Michigan could soon be switched off as a result of projected state and federal budget cuts.

Most pregnant women tested positive for chemicals linked to birth defects in a recent study by the Minnesota Department of Health.