Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, known as the "Galapagos of Russia." However, the unusual body ...

Lake Victoria is the largest of Africa’s Great Lakes, the second largest in the world after Lake Superior. George Bullerjahn, ...

The Great Lakes are home to an astounding 6,000 shipwrecks ... The Fitzgerald was in the worst possible location for the worst of the storm. Wind and waves from the west hit the freighter ...

another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first all-steel cargo ships to traverse the lakes. Built to break speed ...

The Great Lakes reached their highest ice coverage in three years on Feb. 22, hitting 52.23%. Warming temperatures have caused that percentage to shrink to nearly zero. With continuing above ...