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Tossed the softest of softball questions, William Katzman, vice president for exhibits at the Great Lakes Science Center, can’t resist the joke. Why is the soon-to-open traveling exhibition “Super ...

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The Trump administration is planning a mass layoff of federal employees who conduct research of Great Lakes fisheries.

A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue.

When top ocean predators vanish, the ecosystems they leave behind don't just adapt—they transform in surprising and troubling ways. New research from South Africa sheds light on the cascading effects ...

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