Winter brought a colder and icier season to the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie, which saw a near-complete ice cover in ...

Those invasive species have destroyed ecosystems, messed up food webs, almost driven other ... What invasive species are ...

A concerning discovery in a Wisconsin lake this summer shows how invasive ... In this case, the mussels threaten the food web by feeding on phytoplankton and growing on the shells of native ...

Lake Erie, the shallowest of the five Great Lakes, last froze over in 1996. With ice covering more than 95% of the lake on Thursday, and continued winter weather in the forecast, could the ...

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and swings in air temperature can influence ice coverage “more rapidly than other lakes,” said James Kessler, physical scientist with the Great ...

The shallowness of Lake Erie makes it a haven for waterfowl, supporting a diverse range of species like goldeneyes, mergansers and canvasbacks. Lake Erie serves as a crucial stopover point for ...