North America is home to the Great Lakes—Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior—spanning the borders of several U.S.

A hotspot that is now located in the Atlantic played a key role in forming the lakes, home to a fifth of the world's fresh ...

A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed ...

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The alleged Lake Michigan triangle stretches from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to Ludington, Michigan, then to Benton Harbor, ...

Recent research suggests that the Great Lakes originated from the Cape Verde hotspot under the ancient supercontinent Pangaea ...

Caitlin Looby is a Report for America corps member who writes about the environment and the Great Lakes. Reach her at [email protected], follow her on X@caitlooby and learn more about her reporting.

Stretching across more than 3,700 kilometres through the heartland of North America, The Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway ...

Author says gull species are amazingly adaptive, and the Great Lakes area is a perfect spot to find many of them.

A new study puts more scientific teeth behind everything from having white Christmases to how long ski hills stay open: Winters on the Great Lakes are shrinking. Since 1995, winter has shortened ...