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Chemical sex attraction may curb invasive sea lamprey, new study says
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Behavior-altering chemicals produced by sea lamprey may decrease the invaders’ populations in the Great Lakes.
Wildlife
Beach-dwelling gulls are vehicles for bacteria
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Ring-billed gulls travel between populated beaches and human waste sites like landfills and water treatment plants, carrying human pathogens with them.
Wildlife
Scientists tackle mystery of Isle Royale’s red foxes
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Why do Isle Royale’s red foxes feel comfortable close to humans?
Echo
Endangered Great Lakes rattler once had a bounty
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A species unique to the Great Lakes region once had a bounty on its head, but now experts are trying to save it.
Wildlife
Backyard birders get a win in the Michigan legislature
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Fewer Michigan residents with sloppy backyard birds could be ticketed for potentially spreading disease among deer and elk under a bill the state Senate recently sent to the governor’s desk.
Wildlife
FishPass stays off November ballot, will be decided in appeals court
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The fate of Traverse City, Michigan’s FishPass project will be decided in court.
Wildlife
Clean your birdhouses regularly?
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After birds lay their eggs and their fledglings take off in the spring, you might have an empty bird box at this point. Should you clean out the nest they leave behind?
Wildlife
Homeowners to track invasive moths
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Michigan State University Extension is conducting a program to help monitor an invasive moth species.
Wildlife
Depleted wetlands impact freshwater turtles in Toronto
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Freshwater turtles have become less abundant in coastal areas of Greater Toronto that have significantly decreased wetlands.
Wildlife
Mapping pathways for roaming cougars
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Cougar habitat in North America has been shrinking due to development, land fragmentation and “human-induced mortality,” wildlife researchers warn.