"River Gypsies" studying three large Michigan rivers
This summer, a group of scientists are studying five large rivers in the Midwest including the St. Joseph, the Muskegon and the Manistee rivers in Michigan. Its part of a three year study of how large...
View ArticleStateside: Scientists draft a National Climate Assessment
The following is a summary of a previously recorded interview. To hear the complete segment, click the audio above. More than 240 scientists contributed to a new draft report of the National Climate...
View ArticleThe Beaver is back in southeast Michigan
It has been nearly 150 years since the beaver has made its presence known along the Detroit and Rouge Rivers. The hardy little critters were done- in by trappers and toxic water. Beavers played a major...
View ArticleBiologists expect the worst for Michigan's bat population
Bats with white-nose syndrome have been found in Mackinac and Dickinson counties in the Upper Peninsula and Alpena County in northern lower Michigan. The fungal disease has killed more than six million...
View ArticleA Michigan ecologist is snapping animal pictures for research
Animals, get your best pose ready. The University of Michigan is snapping pictures of wild animals in an effort to document how populations of meat-eating animals vary across terrain, according to a...
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