So much of the Rochester region's climate, industry, and recreation revolves around Lake Ontario, the smallest of North ...

CHICAGO — As an ice sheet thousands of feet thick began its final crawling retreat from North America to the Arctic toward the end of the last glacial period some 10,000 years ago, it left behind the ...

The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago thanks to a hotspot that sat under the supercontinent Pangaea 300 million years ago, before North America even existed. New research finds that ...

Researchers are beginning to see ice form on Michigan's Great Lakes. See current conditions and the average length of the ice ...

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 about 80% ...

The Great Lakes could see waterspout activity Thursday, Sept. 4, amid gales and high waves on the lakes, waterspout experts predict. There is a chance of waterspouts across the Great Lakes on Sept. 4, ...

The Great Lakes formed where they did 20,000 years ago thanks to a hotspot that sat under the supercontinent Pangaea 300 ...