bees
City bees pollinate urban education
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They’re showing up on city rooftops, university dormitories and the grounds of middle schools, a trend that not only teaches people about bees, it could help the troubled pollinators.
Land
Great Lakes, great colors
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The brightest colors happen with dry, sunny days followed by cool, dry nights.
Land
Artist prints native plants on invasive species
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Jane Kramer prints the shadows of endangered plants on paper crafted from the invaders that threaten them.
Wildlife
Study: Less than 3 percent of eels survive Ontario dams
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Once a vital, highly nutritious food source for native Americans, researchers say the eel also suffers from longtime overfishing.
Recreation
Wisconsin shipwreck added to the National Register of Historic Places
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As a pioneer of the cross-lake railcar ferry system, the Milwaukee contributed to an important time in history, featuring the design and operation of a steam screw vessel.
Recreation
Michigan filmmaker sets coming of age story in Upper Peninsula
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“Superior” based on 1,300 mile bicycle trip taken by two boys at the crossroads of uncertain futures.
Wildlife
Great Lakes bats, butterflies, grass get grants
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Money supports research and land acquisition to protect prairie grass, Karner blue butterflies and long-eared bats.
Water
Lake Superior: Mean enough to be Trump’s running mate?
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We’re not talking gales of November kind of mean.
Wildlife
Bats worth a billion in bug control
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Bats get a bad rap, but a recent Illinois study proves that they’re hard workers, and that the work they do is worth more than $1 billion to farmers.
Recreation
The Food Fix: ArtPrize artist creates piece on water scarcity
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The Food Fix podcasters visited ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, to talk to people who are taking a more artistic route to feed the world.