Only a fraction of the Great Lakes' bottom has been mapped, and those low-resolution charts were completed decades ago, according to the Great Lakes Observing System. The organization has been pushing ...

Lake Huron has an average depth of 195 feet and a maximum depth of 750 feet, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

We know less about the bottom of the Great Lakes than we do about the surface of Mars, according to Jennifer Boehme. The oceanographer is executive director of the Great Lakes Observing System, an Ann ...

Monarch butterflies are on the move as they undergo their fall migration. In Michigan, many have been spotted along the ...

Cartographer Hill (Detroit in 50 Maps) delivers a diverting compendium of 50 different views of the “vast inland freshwater seas” that span “1,200 kilometers” along the border between the U.S. and ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean gave ...