Wildlife
Binational efforts target bird-bashing buildings
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Between 365 million and 988 million birds die annually from collisions with windows in the U. S. and Canada.
Wildlife
Ecological casualties: winners and losers in the war on carp
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If Asian carp cross the Mississippi River basin and establish themselves in Lake Erie, they could account for one-third of the lake’s entire fish weight.
Wildlife
Round goby a good-news, bad-news Great Lakes invader
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Crayfish populations are up since the round goby invaded Lake Erie and became the preferred food of small mouthed bass.
Wildlife
A sound strategy: blasting carp from the Great Lakes
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Check out this sound file that researchers are testing to see if it will deter silver carp from the Great Lakes.
Wildlife
Ohio court says bobcat can be a housecat
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The state Court of Appeals says that the cat is not covered by the law sparked by the 2011 release of 56 dangerous wild animals, including lions, wolves, bears, tigers and a baboon.
Wildlife
Bat recovery slow from white-nose syndrome
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That’s not good for margarita lovers as bats are one of the largest global pollinators of agave.
Land
Scientists seek to sic microbes on invasive plants
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They’ve already used insects. Now they are enlisting the help of another kind of bug.
Wildlife
Road work counts roadkill
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Survey tallies animals killed by traffic through international conservation corridor. Turtles and snakes are in greatest peril.
Wildlife
Mr. Great Lakes on raising energy rates and rebuilding a reef
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Plus a discussion about some of Michigan’s electric cooperatives going beyond the state’s renewable energy standard.