eco system

A bird that only breeds in Michigan draws birders from all over. Find out how the state's habitat also plays a part in making it a birding hotspot.

Tree history in Ann Arbor is set to be highlighted on September 26, where sustainability and environmental stewardship is encouraged and discussed in a collaboration between the Hands-On Museum and the Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability and Innovation (OSI).

Yellowjackets are out in full force in Michigan in late summer and fall, and they love when we wear bright colors and perfume, and serve them sugary drinks and hamburgers.

Going Up North is a Michigan rite of passage. But where exactly does Up North begin?

First, what stopping USAID funding does to agricultural research at schools like MSU. Then, how a fatal accident changes the emotional value of a camping spot. Later, a new film documenting the impact of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

Today, a Michigan economist who studies consumer habits talks about what’s going on this holiday season, and the outlook for next year. Also, ecologist David Strayer pulls back the curtain on the most interesting ecosystem you’ve never seen on a poster: life in fresh water.

Your car's undercarriage isn’t the only place road salt accumulates each winter. University of Wisconsin researchers are seeing more and more salt in the Great Lakes — so much that the lakes' ecosystems are starting to change.

You might’ve heard that Amazon is hoping to one day deliver packages to your door by little unmanned helicopters.Now, scientists are getting into the act,…

Want to hear how the federal government plans to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes? Well, now's the time. John Goss, the Obama administration's point…