MARQUETTE — The Kirtland’s warbler has an expansive conservation program, draws tourists from across the globe and even has an annual festival in Roscommon. Yet what is perhaps Michigan’s most well-known endangered bird is slated to lose its name. It’s among 70 North American bird ...
I guess that for as long ago as I can remember I’ve heard people talking about how important it is for humans to connect to each other. So, I wasn’t surprised that when I asked ChatGPT for a list of benefits to humans connecting, I was presented a partial list of all the good that can ...
MARQUETTE — Jeff Stratton’s beloved Larks Lake left his feet and legs covered in hundreds of itchy red welts. “It was horrible,” said Stratton, 68, “Crazy itchy. Crazy painful.” The itching was caused by austrobilharzia variglandis, a tiny parasite that ran wild in the lake’s ...
I walk in newly greening grasses, looking into a warm, early-morning sky, where the spread of a budding maple tree casts a grand image against the blue background. But it will still be a couple of weeks, at least in these woods, before the greening of springtime will truly be revealed. In ...
“I grew up wild and free, walking these fields in my bare feet. There wasn’t no place I couldn’t go with a .22-rifle and a fishing pole,” Bob McDill I stood alongside the banks of a small creek, soaking the sunshine in as far as I could, simultaneously drinking up and holding big gulps ...
According to new data from Expedia, 42% of Americans choose Canada, Finland, and Norway as their most favored destinations among those seeking to catch the Aurora Borealis. Experts predict the borealis, or northern lights, will be exceptionally visible this year. That spurs travelers to ditch ...