Reaching out of the boat with a long metal hook, marine biologist Parker White snagged the slimy buoy bobbing off the southeastern coast of Lake Maurepas on a recent windy, gray morning. As fellow ...

Fisherman will soon see more redfish in Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas area thanks to a $50,000 donation from Air Products. Air Products announced the donation to the Recreational Fisheries Research ...

A couple is safe after being stranded in Lake Maurepas Saturday morning, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office. The incident happened around 8 a.m. when the couple was collecting crab ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana residents are being urged to limit their consumption of fish from Lake Maurepas in Livingston and St. John the Baptist parishes where high levels of mercury have been ...

Scientists from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond have deployed four research buoys to independently monitor Lake Maurepas while a chemical company continues its project to store carbon ...

HAMMOND, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) – The Southeastern Louisiana University scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research ...

Cypress trees remain in the wetlands and swamps of Lake Maurepas. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) Scientists at Southeastern Louisiana University have found dangerously high levels of toxic metals ...