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Seeking connection and meaning under a Hunger Moon
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Upper Peninsula man explores intersection of spirituality and nature.
Birds
U.S., Canadian researchers conduct binational birds conservation research
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The third part of a 5-part series on trans-border U.S. and Canadian environmental research projects.
Wildlife
Protection for wolves still stirs controversy
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The Trump administration recently announced that it will remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list in the lower 48 states.
Wildlife
Asian carp goes from water to dog dishes
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Wilder Harrier, a Canadian pet food company, is using another unlikely alternative protein source to have a low environmental impact, yet a nutritious meal for dogs.
Wildlife
Black squirrels in Michigan and elsewhere could be evolution in action
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A look at a recent study in the journal Ecology and Evolution.
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Concerns about the Great Lakes increase, while Ontario loons decrease
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Ontario loons are declining, with fewer chicks being born, according to a new study that took four decades and hundreds of researchers.
bats
The deadly disease that wiped out 90% of the Upper Peninsula’s bats, and a new hope for one species
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A new study shows a glimmer of hope for bats affected by white-nose syndrome.
Fish
Bigheaded carp pose big threat, new model suggests
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Bigheaded carp are a big threat to yellow perch, according to a new model that forecasts what would happen over the next several decades if bighead and silver carp made it into Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay.
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Fixing the food web: Cisco reintroduction to the Great Lakes could have enormous ripple effect
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Once as many as nine types of ciscoes roamed the Great Lakes, playing a key role in the food web.
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There’s a new kind of carp in the river and it’s huge
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The first invasive grass carp capable of reproducing in Michigan was caught this spring during an annual fish survey by the Department of Natural Resources.