One particularly harmful invasive species that used the Erie Canal to access the Hudson River is the round goby.

Way up in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania, there's a small town with plenty to see and a historic working carousel with ...

This snake that was once a threatened species may not be Ohio's largest or one of the Buckeye State's three venomous species, but it does play "a vital role in the ecosystem" by targeting invasive ...

Because of climate change, the Great Lakes are gradually warming, raising concerns about effects on the food chain, ...

It’s the sixth-oldest river on the North American continent. Discover the fish and animals that call the Ohio River home.

Dan Ezekiel said he has lived in Ann Arbor since 1964 and the North Main Street area has been a barrier to cycling the entire ...

More than five years after first announcing stricter controls on industrial farm pollution in Michigan, state environmental regulators will finally start enforcing them.

An illegal plant species has been spotted in a large South Carolina lake, sparking concerns about a potential invasion. There have been sightings of the invasive giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) ...

This story includes specific unchanged excerpts from a DEC press release that relates to Western New York, and from the writer’s perspective, should enlighten local Chautauqua Lake water quality ...

When it was opened in 1825, many naturalists imagined the Erie Canal would expand commercial fishing opportunities. Now they understand it has spread the threat of invasive species.

Located where Lake Erie kisses the northwestern edge of Ohio, Maumee Bay State Park is what happens when wetlands, meadows, beaches, and forests decide to throw the ultimate landscape party. And ...

Maybury State Park offers 1,000 acres of rolling hills, forests, and meadows. It’s like someone dropped a piece of northern Michigan right next to the city! The park was once a tuberculosis sanitarium ...