April: Hidden Migrations

Animal migrations are among nature’s most stirring spectacles. So why do so few of us know about spectacular migrations that happen every spring, right in our own back yards? Because these are migrations of fish, out of sight beneath the surfaces of our rivers and streams.

March: Stormy Weather

March is a big time for underwater storms. The combination of melting snow, saturated soils, and rain falling on frozen ground means that the most frequent and most severe floods typically occur in March here in Michigan. These floods may carry 100 or even 1000 times as much water as the stream carries on a dry summer day.

January: The Kingdom of Ice

You might deny being part of the Kingdom of Ice – Michigan is more about summer sunshine than it is about ice – but our language betrays us. So does the state’s geology.

Living with fossils

A case for thinking about nature on a different timescale.

Commentary: Mourning roadkill

Michigan is number eight in a national ranking by the State Farm insurance company of where drivers are most likely to collide with an animal.