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This broad category encompasses fish. It is further divided on the main menu with tags for mammals, insects, amphibians, birds, mussels, invaders and endangered 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.
Others dispute that it is inevitable.
A new study predicts where the red swamp crayfish could next pop up on the Great Lakes. That could help state agencies prevent the spread of the fast reproducing invader that alters entire ecosystems.
Evening bats have begun making a home in Michigan.
The Marquette State Fish Hatchery lost around 100,000 fish in 2012 to the disease, according to a new publication in the American Fisheries Society. Similar losses happened again in 2017.
A crew of scientists, bird banders and wildlife veterinarians needs your sightings for research on the Arctic raptor’s mysterious migration patterns.
A disease that kills one of Michigan’s most popular gamefish appears to be spreading northward, worrying anglers and fisheries managers.
It has harmed native fish populations elsewhere.
It’s hard to count what you can’t see.
Veterans gain skills and community from a program that also benefits honeybees.