Sheri McWhirter

PELLSTON, Mich. — Researchers working to recover the endangered Great Lakes piping plover are using DNA analysis to determine the sex of captive-reared

Social media popularity of trail takes a toll on rare Great Lakes coastal wetlands.

LEVERING, Mich. — The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa have opened the first tribal-operated raptor rehabilitation facility east of the Mississippi

Northern Michigan loons appear to lose adopted goslings after severe storm.

‘A moratorium is not enough’: Residents are demanding the Michigan township ban data centers entirely.

| TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Conservationists are asking Michiganders to help count common loons on lakes across the state this weekend in the

SENEY, Mich. — Across 150 square miles of marshes, forests and open water in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a little wildlife magic is happening mostly out of sight.

HOUGHTON, Mich. – A former toxic waste site along the Keweenaw Waterway has become a busy tourist destination after an environmental cleanup overhauled one of Michigan's historic copper mining pollution hotspots.

BARAGA, Mich. – An Indigenous tribe in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is testing whether specially selected trees can remove toxic metals from century-old copper mining waste that washed onto reservation beaches.

L'ANSE, Mich. – The highest point in Michigan will remain open to the public because of a conservation easement protecting 73,000 acres of Upper Peninsula timberland from future development.