Great Lakes Echo (http://greatlakesecho.org/tag/wildlife/)
What are moose poop and pee good for? That’s a science question, and research on Isle Royale and in northeast Minnesota shows moose effectively transfer nitrogen — an essential nutrient for forest health — from the aquatic plants they chow down on to fertilize the forest.
A new predator has emerged for piping plovers in the Great Lakes.
Elk in the Great Lakes region reached restoration milestones in 2018.
The blood parasites that infect songbirds with avian malaria are far more diverse in Southwest Michigan than scientists knew.
Heavy snows this winter are bad news for the U.P.’s deer population. It’s harder than usual for them to move around and to find nutritious browse, according to the DNR.
Scientists are using GoPros to guide equipment that tracks invasive quagga mussels.
Do the negative claims leveled at the video game Thunderbird Strike hold up? Or does its environmental message hold weight?
With only one surviving wolf known on Isle Royale, the national park’s moose population is climbing without predators to keep the numbers under control.
The once-abundant black tern is far less abundant in Great Lakes wetlands.
Nearly 30,000 people buy a Michigan fur harvester license each year. Some are trappers. The others are hunters of furbearing species. But only about half of the people who buy a license actually participate because of the time commitment involved, state officials say.