Wildlife
Tradition, science join to combat emerald ash borer
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Native American basket weaving technique could help reduce the spread of the invasive insect.
Wildlife
Beware the new invaders — New Zealand mud snails
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They reproduce fast, allowing them to densely carpet the bottom of a river and displace ecologically important native snails.
Wildlife
Radio-collared feral hogs turn traitor
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Feral hogs tagged with location trackers have led researchers to where they hide out with others, earning them the name “Judas hogs.”
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Michigan forests pestered by return of spruce budworm
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It’s been about 30 years since Michigan saw an outbreak of spruce budworm, but the little insects are now back in a big way. Current State talks with Bob Heyd, forest health specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources about what that means for the state’s trees.
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Sex and violence may control sea lamprey
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Cryptic chemicals associated with life and death can push and pull this parasitic invader.
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Great whites in the Great Lakes? Bull shark!
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It likely would be a bull shark if any shark ever cruised the sweetwater seas.
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“Pigs is pets” but boars are banned
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A 1905 story on the price of shipping guinea pigs found currency in a present-day Michigan Court of Appeals decision on Wednesday that the state’s Russian boar ban is constitutional.
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Shrinking alewife population could deplete Great Lakes salmon
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The alewife, once the most hated fish in the Great Lakes, is now facing steep declines in population, but it’s not a cause for celebration.
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Earthworms rob forests of key nutrients; pave way for other invaders
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By Chris Symons
Compost box heroes, or the root of all ecological evil? Worms in Great Lakes forests are not what they seem. Trilliums are smaller, algal blooms are more common and hummingbird populations are decreasing. All of these are made worse by non-native earthworms in Great Lakes soil. A recent study in Ecosystems journal identified four key minerals that earthworms remove from soil and that native plants need to grow.
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Some ostracods survive goby guts
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Survival provides insight into fish as agents of species dispersal.