As overharvesting and invasive species threaten the coldwater fish, Michigan is proposing first-ever catch limits on burbot. Meanwhile, researchers are racing to better understand the ...

Waukegan, Ill. – A wildlife worker says a four-foot long caiman found in Lake Michigan near Chicago would’ve been lucky to live a couple more weeks. The alligator-like animal was spotted ...

Here are some fabulously-finned facts regarding a favorite game fish of many Michiganders: the Lake Trout.•The name game: Lake Trout are also known as Mackinaw, lake char, touladi, togue, salmon ...

Authorities are not sure how the alligator ended up in Lake Michigan, but a spokesperson for the City of Waukegan told Lake County News Sun that the city will look into whether the exotic animal ...

A 4-foot alligator was found in Lake Michigan this week, but experts say there should be no worries that the reptiles could take up permanent residence in the Great Lakes the way pythons have made ...

A kayaker out fishing for salmon on Lake Michigan Monday found something much larger than he anticipated--a four-foot long American alligator.

A CDC report on harmful algae blooms in Michigan and other states showed that cases spiked during the summer in freshwater bodies such as lakes.