livestock

It’s not actually a worm. It’s a parasitic fly. The fly’s larvae burrow into and feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, including humans. The current infestation has been detected in cattle, goats, and sheep in Texas and New Mexico.

Michigan's environment department is doling out $2.9 million in grants to fund projects that prevent, reduce, or eliminate polluted runoff.

Asian longhorned ticks were recently found in Michigan for the first time. A team of students and researchers at Calvin University discovered the species in a routine environmental surveillance check in Berrien County.

Michigan regulators want more limits on manure pollution from the biggest livestock farms. Farm groups allege the changes are too dramatic for regulators to make without outside review.

For years, sisters Allie and Elise Thorp defended animal rights by practicing strict vegetarianism and supporting activist organizations like PETA. But…

Michigan has held one wolf hunt. That was in 2013, when 22 wolves were killed in the Upper Peninsula.The next year, a federal judge put wolves back on the…