Great Lakes Updates

Why is the waterpark capital of the world in central Wisconsin?That’s the question that caused a team at the Museum of Wisconsin Art to search for photographs to trace the history of the Wisconsin Dells.

A new George Mason University poll shows that most voters in Ohio support renewable energy development.

Ray Garcia, host of MSU's "The Food Fix" podcast, speaks with Yuko Frazier, founder of the Ypsilanti, Michigan-based sheep-powered lawn care service known as Project Mow.

Getting to work every day can be a pain, but the amount of pain varies depending on where you live and how you get to your job. Traveling by public transportation such as buses often takes twice as long – or more – as driving alone.

A group of Michigan State University graduates and students want to recycle plastic collected from lakes and oceans into snorkels, swimwear and other clothing. 

New rules will weaken the landmark law intended to save plants and animals on the brink.

The waterwheel lives a double life: facing extinction in its native habitat even as it creeps into places where it doesn’t belong.

Researchers studying trees at Green-Wood Cemetery found a nonnative beetle previously unknown to science.

A brain-invading parasite has made nearly 100 people sick in Hawaii in the last decade. How worried should health officials be?

These fish turn up in many surprising location, but this was one place scientists didn’t expect to find them.