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Ice fishermen in Michigan, 2018.

Researchers are fishing for a clearer picture of Great Lakes ice

A nonprofit is offering to pay ice fishermen up to $100 to help monitor the Great Lakes

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

Image: Michigan Science Center’s T. rex exhibit extended though May

Michigan Science Center’s T. rex exhibit extended though May

Supporters of the Humbug Marsh Unit in Gibraltar celebrated the induction of the area into the Old-Growth Forest Network.

Detroit River refuge’s ancient forest gets national recognition

By Steve Neavling

The Cuyahoga Valley National Park Estimated time: 2 hours, 41 minutes Situated between Cleveland and Akron, there's actually something pretty beautiful. The Cuyahoga Valley National Park is filled with waterfalls, rolling hills, caves, ravines, and winding rivers. The Ledges provides a boulder-strewn cliff to relax and watch the sunset over the wooded scenery below, and the park offers an array of preserved and restored displays of 19th and early 20th century sustainable farming and pastoral or rural living, while catering to contemporary interests with art exhibits, outdoor concerts, and scenic excursion and special event railroad tours.

20+ weekend road trips to make from Detroit this fall

By Metro Times editorial staff

The northern lights in the U.P.

Northern lights could illuminate Michigan skies on Thursday night due to powerful geomagnetic storm

By Layla McMurtrie

Sugar Island, in the U.P., got some rain over the weekend. Before that, on Oct. 5, a fire department sign showed the risk of fire was "very high."

DNR urges caution with outdoor fires amid autumn drought

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

Ann Arbor's Gallup Park.

Ann Arbor planted 10,000 trees six years ahead of goal

By Layla McMurtrie

Annelise Rittberg watches as their four friends enjoy a late summer dip in Lake Michigan just south of Belmont Harbor.

Lake Michigan temps are breaking records

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ

The Tyrannosaurs - Meet the Family exhibit at the Michigan Science Center includes a life-size replica of a T. rex skeleton.

Huge Tyrannosaurus exhibit coming to Detroit’s Michigan Science Center

Beneath the Straits of Mackinac is the controversial Line 5 oil and gas pipeline.

Indigenous water protectors protest aging pipeline

By Chrystal Blair, Michigan News Connection

Belle Isle Aquarium opened in 1904.

Detroit’s Belle Isle Aquarium is now open on Thursdays

Image: Michigan program raises monarch butterflies

Michigan program raises monarch butterflies

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

Invasive carp are infesting the Great Lakes.

Michigan boosts efforts to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes

By Layla McMurtrie

The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park’s corpse flower, dubbed “Putricia,” bloomed in 2018.

Corpse flower at Frederik Meijer Gardens expected to bloom, reeking of rotting flesh

A planter on Front Street in Traverse City, with a sign encouraging people to take three minutes to count and categorize visiting insects. May 25, 2024.

Citizen scientists can help count planter pollinators in northern Michigan

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

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