A biological control facility in Brighton, Mich. produces thousands of tiny, stingless wasps each week that will target invasive emerald ash borers.

Researchers are increasingly recruiting different wasp warriors in the battle against the emerald ash borer, a destructive, tree-eating beetle that has infiltrated the entire Great Lakes region.

Costly insecticides, tree-removal strategies and bans on moving firewood have provided some defense against the critter.

But a bug-on-bug battle strategy appears to hold promise.

Biologists discovered the disease in New York in 2006, and it has since spread into Pennsylvania, Ontario and 14 other states and provinces.

It’s mixed news for Wisconsin wildlife, reports Ron Seely of the Wisconsin State Journal.
Seely wrote a series of three stories recently about the status Wisconsin’s black bear, whooping crane and loon.
For the first time since the 1800s, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources believes that Southern Wisconsin is home to a population of black bears, Seely reports. Citizens report various bear sightings and research by the state has begun.
And it’s good news for the endangered whooping crane. Cranes are raising five chicks in the wild as part of a recovery project …