Wildlife
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.
Wildlife
Climate signals boreal bird movement
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Citizen science research is helping tell the story of one small songbird and its offbeat migration behavior.
Wildlife
Bringing conservation to cities
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A new book explains how what was once considered the ultimate paradox is now setting the precedent for urban development — a wildlife refuge in Detroit. The author will discuss the promise of urban conservation in Dearborn Heights Wednesday.
Wildlife
Great Lakes states receive more than $10 million from U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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Great Lakes states received more than $10 million from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, around 22 percent of the $45 million total given through the State Wildlife Grant Program.
Water
Robot fish to track real ones
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The robots carry receivers that follow acoustic devices surgically implanted in fish. They also can monitor the growth of toxic algae in the Great Lakes.
Wildlife
Beyond politics – the science behind gray wolves
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Politicians, activists and hunters continue to debate on the current state of the gray wolf’s status as an endangered species.
Energy
Grassland birds hold stock in the future of biofuels
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Birds stand to gain valuable grassland habitat if the appetite to balance conservation and biofuel production continues gaining support in scientific circles.
Land
Fur trade a suspect in Minnesota monument mercury contamination
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How long does pollution linger? At Minnesota’s Grand Portage National Monument, high levels of toxic mercury may date back to the 1700s.
Wildlife
Congress may take up state management of gray wolves
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A bipartisan bill that is still in draft would remove federal protection of the gray wolf in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Echo
Revenue drops from region’s environmental plate sales
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Increasing competition for sales means that fewer drivers are buying the license plates that support environmental causes.