-
Bird songs may ease the blues
-The Great Lakes region’s more than 300 bird species may provide valuable mental health benefits.
00 -
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipClimate ChangeCollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchIn warming Great Lakes, climate triage means some cold waters won’t be saved
-Government officials begin the grim task of prioritizing which cold lakes and rivers to sacrifice — or save — as the climate changes. Not all cold-water loving fish may survive in the northern Great Lakes region.
-
AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsI Speak for the Fish: Mesmerized by minnows
-Dazzling metallic flashes radiated around me with each twist and turn of their slender bodies. I was completely immobilized and mesmerized by the splendor.
-
CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsPoints NorthScience, Technology, ResearchPoints North: We Got Jellyfish!
-Freshwater jellyfish have been in inland lakes and rivers throughout the Great Lakes region since 1933. But a century after their discovery, we still don’t know much about the elusive creatures. A team of student scientists is trying to change that.
-
What do Michigan rattlers chow down?
-Massasaugas strongly prefer small mammal prey, yet individuals occasionally consume other prey, including amphibians, reptiles and birds.
-
AuthorsFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioScience, Technology, ResearchI Speak for the Fish: Giddy up sucker
-I’m a sucker for a cute sucker, but it’s a small fan club.
-
AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchStaci Lola DrouillardNibi Chronicles: A beaver named Annabelle, her kin, and us
-Raised on Saganagons Lake in the border country between the U.S. and Canada, Milt Powell was a great friend of the Drouillard family. He and my dad had many adventures as kids and young men, learning the way of the woods in far northeastern Minnesota.
-
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchMichigan bald eagles soar back from near-extinction
-In 1961, Michigan’s bald eagle population dipped to 52 breeding pairs. Bans on DDT and other harmful chemicals fed a recovery. But the national bird still faces threats from lead bullets and sprawling development.
-
AuthorsFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsI Speak for the FishKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchI Speak for the Fish: Facing the wrath of a crayfish
-Harassment takes many forms and actions do have consequences. In this case, a tiny crayfish gets the last laugh when the harasser becomes the victim.
-
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsIllinoisInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsScience, Technology, ResearchNearly $1.2 billion spent at one site to deter invasive carp from Great Lakes; other entry sites still possible
-Nearly $1.2 billion is to be spent at one site to prevent invasive carp from entering the Great Lakes. There are a dozen more places where the carp could get in.
