Art
Is Thunderbird Strike a fun learning tool or an ecoterrorist’s version of Angry Birds?
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Do the negative claims leveled at the video game Thunderbird Strike hold up? Or does its environmental message hold weight?
Capital News Service
Could hunting or U.P. wolves solve Isle Royale moose problem?
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With only one surviving wolf known on Isle Royale, the national park’s moose population is climbing without predators to keep the numbers under control.
Birds
Black tern numbers plummet, invasives largely to blame
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The once-abundant black tern is far less abundant in Great Lakes wetlands.
Capital News Service
Being licensed is not the same as being a trapper
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Nearly 30,000 people buy a Michigan fur harvester license each year. Some are trappers. The others are hunters of furbearing species. But only about half of the people who buy a license actually participate because of the time commitment involved, state officials say.
Air
Bird backpacks bag bad air
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Air monitoring gulls find new contamination route that may also threaten the health of landfill workers.
Fish
#ChicagoFishes reels in rare catch
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A young angler reeled in the catch of a lifetime during the first annual #ChicagoFishes event.
bees
Minnesota citizen scientists thrill at sightings of endangered bumble bee
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Citizen scientists are the key to new findings for a Minnesota project that tracks bees, including the endangered rusty patched bumble bee.
bats
Neighbors, not nuisances: Advocates explore refuge for bats in cities
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As bat populations dwindle nationwide, the Organization for Bat Conservation is seeking refuge for them in cities.
conservation
Transplanting martens falls short in Wisconsin, new study finds
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A recent study looks at a failed conservation attempt.
bees
Inside the beekeeping boom
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Plenty of people have heard about the plight of the honeybee, as colonies have been disappearing for more than a decade. Across the country, people are getting into recreational beekeeping to do something about it.