New research suggests an ancient hotspot helped shape the Great Lakes, challenging traditional formation theories.

The flat farm fields stretched west on either side of U.S. Highway 212 while we were bound for South Dakota. Once we approached the Buffalo Ridge near the western border of Minnesota, crossed the ...

Abstract, colorful ice formations, known as blue ice are already forming in the Great Lakes near Mackinac Island, according to a post on Facebook. Blue ice, typically found in glaciers, often ...

A new program pairs ice fishing anglers on the Great Lakes with researchers who need to know how thick the ice is, despite funding chaos.

Aerial photograph showing flooding in the Traverse Gap, the former southern outlet of Glacial Lake Agassiz and the source of River Warren. Ice-covered ... than all the Great Lakes of today combined.

When Michigan's many lakes and rivers form ice, it can be hard to stay away. Some ice isn't worth stepping onto, experts say.

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes are seeing significant ice creation, with Lake Erie nearly completely frozen over. Lake Erie was ...

CONNOR: Yeah, the national parks are really important for our wildlife and for people to enjoy access to the great outdoors ... out by a glacier, a huge river of ice, during the ice age - just ...

It is doubtful that a more uneven surface on the earth can be pointed out than that of Block Island…Here we had neither even ...