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.
Nearshore
Mr. Great Lakes: Dragonflies, beach wellness, Farm Bill help
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Mr. Great Lakes explains new Great Lakes help from the 2014 Farm Bill and the search for an endangered dragonfly. More from Jeff Kart here.
Wildlife
Experts warn against osprey nest removal
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As osprey populations continue to increase, so do the issues that they face in a changing environment.
Experts are spreading the word that extreme caution needs to be taken concerning the birds’ nests on cell phone and powerline towers.
Wildlife
Tough winter good for some endangered species
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Heavy snowfall is proving to be helpful for some of Michigan’s endangered species, like Karner blue butterflies.
Wildlife
Pursuit of endangered species hooked on ethics, culture
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Is hunting consistent with species recovery?
Wildlife
Bass-o-matic a port in ecological storm
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The Bay Shore power plant on Lake Erie has had a checkered environmental past.
But researchers have discovered that the coal-fired power plant near Toledo has also been a harbor in an ecological storm.
Wildlife
Anishinabek say project could restore fish, knowledge, weather cycle
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Its size and age make the endangered lake sturgeon a fascinating species for most people. But for many Native Americans, the fish is also sacred. And it’s survival of greed, oil spills and habitat destruction signals that the sturgeon remains vigilant in protecting the environment.
Wildlife
Black Lake sturgeon season ends with six fish landed
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These fish live more than 70 years and grow to be more than six feet long. But they are so rare that the season ended this year once six were landed. The Black Lake Shivaree festival celebrates the prehistoric species.
Wildlife
Researchers strive to restore beetle that raises its own young
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Scientists are using small, dead animals to trap the endangered American burying beetles. They are raising the beetles in Ohio and introducing them into forests. Other researchers are looking for them in Michigan.
Wildlife
New St. Clair River reefs to spur sturgeon spawning
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Alright, sturgeon … they made your bed, now spawn in it.
Michigan organizations and agencies are building nine rock reefs in the Middle Channel of the St. Clair River to bolster native fish spawning and restore habitat.