Coyotes make themselves at home in Michigan cities
Coyotes have been moving into a lot of American cities. Here in Michigan, you could potentially see coyotes almost anywhere. But researchers don't know a whole lot about the state’s urban coyotes.A...
View ArticleIllegal wolf kills spiking in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
No other wildlife species, it seems, causes such extremes of emotion as the wolf.Some people want to protect it at any cost.Others want to shoot the animal on sight.And in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula...
View ArticleBlack bears moving south
Black bears have been doing well in northern Michigan for a while. There are somewhere between 12,000 and 15,000 bears in the state, mostly in the U.P. and the northern lower peninsula, but in recent...
View ArticleVolunteers hunt for moose bones on Isle Royale
Wolves and moose are at the heart of the world’s longest running study of a predator and its prey. The drama unfolds on Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior.But it’s a big island, almost...
View ArticleBiologists look for answers to pine marten mystery in Michigan (PHOTOS)
by Bob Allen for the Environment ReportNearly a hundred years ago a small animal that most people have never heard of was wiped out of the northern forest. In the mid-1980’s, wildlife biologists...
View ArticleResearchers map 34 threats to the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are under a lot of stress. 34 different kinds of stress, to be exact.That’s according to a research team that has produced a comprehensive map showing many of the things that stress the...
View Article'The Wolverine State' without any wolverines
We've got the nickname "The Wolverine State," and of course, the University of Michigan and the Wolverines are forever linked. But the wolverine never» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleThe controversy around a wolf hunt in Michigan
Governor Rick Snyder has signed Senate Bill 288. That could clear the way for a wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula. His signature clears the way for the» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleCold wind, rain, hail don't keep people from Sandhill Cranes
For some people it’s not geese flying south… or robins… but another much bigger bird that signals winter is on its way. This past weekend a couple dozen» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleWhy airports look like home to snowy owls
Every year, some snowy owls make their way south from their Arctic homeland in search of food, and some of us here in the Great Lakes region have been...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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....» E-Mail This
View ArticleEfforts are being made to boost native fish in St. Clair River
Fish populations native to Michigan such as lake sturgeon, walleye, and lake whitefish have been declining in recent years. As a result, the Great...» E-Mail This
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