Passengers took the first ride of 2025 on the water taxi service on May 23. The service returned to Lake Erie for the first time since 2019.

Springtime in Northeast Ohio means sunshine, baseball — and midges in your face. That’s right. The midges have made their ...

Midges rise out of the Great Lakes each spring as water temperatures warm. Millions descended upon a Lake Michigan lighthouse this week.

Harmful algal blooms form in western Lake Erie every year. A federal agency keeps tracking them, despite budget cuts.

Despite threats of program cuts, work has been done along Cattaraugus Creek to control the invasive sea lamprey.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Legislature passed a resolution on Thursday to oppose wind turbines in Lake Erie, with legislators saying the turbines would negatively impact residents.

If you’ve been to a Lake Erie beach over the past week, you may have noticed a putrid smell and dead fish littering the shoreline. It is a common sight and smell along the lake in spring.

Ashtabula, Ohio — Jim Timonere has been watching and waiting for Lake Erie to freeze over, just to catch a break. It’s been a brutal winter for communities along the southeastern and eastern ...