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Today, progress toward diversity in the U.S. House is halted as four Black Republican Congressmen leave the caucus. Plus, how much do you really know about the ways owls communicate? Then, farming in Michigan is not just limited to rural areas—it's happening in major cities, too. And, a new novel explores the complexities of friendship, loss, and love in the UP.

A very rare sighting in the thumb region of Michigan this winter: an orange snowy owl. But how did it get that way?

Wildlife are being poisoned and much of the time people using the poisons are not even aware of the danger. One Michigan resident is on a crusade to make…

Snowy owls have descended on the Great Lakes region and northeastern U.S. in huge numbers in recent weeks, to the delight of birdwatchers.The mass…

Snowy owls are doing some unusual things again this year.The last two winters, people in Michigan saw a lot of them. There were big migrations of owls…

Snowy owls spend their summers in the Arctic. Sometimes, they fly south in the winter in big migrations called irruptions. In a typical year, we might end…

A Chicago photographer and birder saw something swimming in Lake Michigan, and it was not a hardy winter athlete taking an Arctic plunge.The photographer,…

Snowy owls have been flocking to Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids this winter.“It’s unprecedented. We have three to four times the…

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…

The Department of Natural Resources is putting on a series of guided night time walks in different state parks and recreation areas, with the goal of…