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Friday: Outdoors

THEY’RE BACK

LANSING — The turtles had a long journey ahead. They fought for 45 miles against the strong Kalamazoo River current. They left the river and walked up and over a dam blocking their path. They traversed water so shallow their shells likely stuck out of it. The destination? Their home 10 ...

Outdoors North

The afternoon was warming steadily as I turned off the blacktop onto a road slicked with a mire of mud, gravel and melting snow. I likened that mixture to what I felt my brain had become after too many winter days spent languishing inside a well-insulated house — full of melting ice cream ...

20 companies pledge to use all parts of Great Lakes fish

MARQUETTE — Fish-leather purses and wallets may make their way into Great Lakes fashion with an initiative to use 100% of commercially caught fish by 2025. One of the latest projects of a binational Great Lakes organization is to fully use the region’s whitefish, lake trout, yellow perch, ...

Outdoors North

In a dark deep canyon, on a north-facing slope where sunlight rarely shines, a couple of fallen trees had been laid across a big drop in the narrow trail. A tiny creek twisted back and forth below. After the winter snows fall, the trees vanish under the accumulation of snow and ice, providing ...

How do whales sing?

LONDON (AP) — Whales sing loud enough that their songs travel through the ocean, but knowing the mechanics behind that has been a mystery. Scientists now think they have an idea, and it’s something not seen in other animals: a specialized voice box. Experts say the discovery, while ...

Outdoors North: Soon to be riding the high wave into springtime

“Bird on the horizon, sitting on a fence; he’s singing his song for me at his own expense,” — Bob Dylan If I look away into the softly falling snow, I hear music in my head as I stand here, preparing to walk a bit farther into this February scene. I paused here to take a breath or ...