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Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWhat will the rise of floating solar panels mean for wildlife?
-As the market for floatovoltaics explodes, scientists are studying how to make the systems also work for waterbirds and other organisms.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationCommercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchIconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens
-Few fish are as synonymous with Michigan as whitefish. Pushed to the edge by invasive species, their struggle is the tip of a cataclysmic species collapse that could change our way of life.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchI Speak for the Fish: The hardest lake sturgeon dive in the Great Lakes
-The largest lake sturgeon spawning site in the Great Lakes is difficult for even the most skilled of divers to reach, let alone film.
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Fish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchTourismWisconsinWhite throated sparrow takes first place in fattest bird competition
-A very round white throated sparrow is the heavyweight champion of the 2025 Wisconsin Fat Bird Week contest.
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Drinking WaterFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsOhioScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHow much plastic is in the Great Lakes?
-A new documentary explores the impact of microplastics in the Great Lakes.
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Feature HomepageLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchTribal Governments and First NationsThe smoke from Canada’s wildfires may be even more toxic than usual
-A legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke.
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How are science and tradition saving sturgeon?
-The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians has revolutionized how lake sturgeon are raised.
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Illinois wants to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp. A toxic mess stands in the way.
-The state plans to build a barrier to keep out the carp. But first it has to deal with the legacy of pollution at the construction site.
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Hundreds of fish killed by manure runoff in Monroe County
-Intense rains caused manure runoff into several waterways, including the Kickapoo River.
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Great Lakes temperature extremes intensifying due to climate change
-A new study shows the Great Lakes are vulnerable to more extreme temperature highs and lows over the decades due to climate change.
