Wildlife
Good news? Smallmouth bass chow down on invaders
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New studies show that the invasive species, round goby, has become a key food source for native species, including the small mouth bass, yellow perch and walleye.
Wildlife
Winged Wednesday: What does your old couch have to do with an eagle’s health?
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Michigan’s bald eagles are among the most contaminated birds on the planet when it comes to phased-out flame retardant chemicals in their livers, according to new research.
Wildlife
Emergency trout rule takes effect in Lake Superior
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Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved an emergency rule that reduces the daily limit of trout in the Apostle Islands region of Lake Superior.
Wildlife
What’s on the marten’s menu?
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Researchers found that shrews account for 38.6 percent and deer account for 30 percent of the prey detected in marten scat collected in Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
Echo
Researchers eye spread of invasive faucet snails
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The population of the invasive faucet snail is expanding in the Great Lakes.
Wildlife
Winged Wednesday: Early migration shows loon flight path
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Cold weather meant they hatched late and migrated early, but tagged birds show strong survival.
Land
Emerald Ash borer moving on to new target in Ohio
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Ohio scientists say they’ve found evidence that the insect has made its way to a new host: the white fringetree.
Wildlife
Winged Wednesday review: Animal app is great guide
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A team of students and researchers at the University of Michigan has created an app that is a pocket guide for Great Lakes animal species at the region’s parks, museums and zoos.
Wildlife
Sonar maps Lake Huron trout habitat
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Maritime archeologists are swapping shipwreck surveys for trout habitat mapping in Lake Huron’s Sixth Fathom Bank, an ancestral spawning ground for lake trout.
Wildlife
Long-eared bat listing gets pushback
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A fight over logging restrictions is delaying federal protection of the northern long-eared bat, a Great Lakes species already decimated in the American Northeast.