Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Force Blue is the only group in the world that retrains and redeploys veterans after returning home from duty to help restore marine resources. Their stop at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena is their third stop on their tour of duty to all 15 national marine sanctuaries.

It's cruise ship season, which mean means ships have begun docking off the coast of several Michigan communities and unloading passengers. Northeast Michigan has seen a rise in tourism and in economic development thanks to one of these cruise lines, Viking Cruises.

A team of two graduate students and collaborators from Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, other universities and even Germany, are conducting studies on a 75-foot sinkhole in Alpena that resembles Earth's lack of oxygen over two billion years ago.

Alpena's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary returns with its Festival of Sail at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center this weekend.

The Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris cruises offer guests an opportunity to witness scientists at work while also visiting locations such as the Great Lakes, Canada, Nuuk and Antarctica.

On Thursday, Katie Skinner will be presenting new research in Alpena on the development of technology to collect data in oceans and Great Lakes.

Students from Mid-Michigan and Ohio gather to compete in the MATES ROV competition since COVID-19.

The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary presents its 8th Annual International Film Festival January 22-26. Films about the oceans and our Great Lakes…

A new robotic boat is being deployed at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary this summer to search for shipwrecks.The autonomous boat will be…

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary hosts the 7th Annual Thunder Bay International Film Festival January 23-27 in Alpena. Stephanie Gandulla spoke with…