Wildlife
These birds of a feather lost their feathers
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Scientists are puzzling over rare premature feather loss among common tern chicks at Gull Island in northern Lake Ontario.
Birds
Can cormorants help control Great Lakes invaders?
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A recent study finds that native cormorants don’t have near the impact anglers fear they do on popular Lake Michigan game fish. But they do have an appetite for invasive species.
Wildlife
Floating bird carcasses make waves in botulism research
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Tracking how they drift could lead to the source of what’s killing them. Increasing algae growth may be implicated.
Art
Flight Paths traces hope and heartbreak for New York’s birds
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Journalist follows researchers into the field to document the challenges facing six species of birds.
Agriculture
For the birds: keeping coffee green
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Global coffee consumption is expected to rise 25 percent in five years, a growth with significant environmental implications.
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.
Land
Wisconsin and Illinois wetland has international importance
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Rare plants, animals and wetland types earned the Chiwaukee Illinois Beach Lake Plain designation as a Ramsar site.
Wildlife
Mid-Michigan bird banders track fall migration
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Current State’s Kevin Lavery meets up with volunteers banding birds at the Burke Lake Banding Station this week.
Nearshore
Scientists play catch up as new chemicals contaminate Great Lakes birds
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Experts say new flame retardants and stain repellents in Great Lakes wildlife offer further evidence of a broken regulatory system.