By Tara Bal and Sigrid Resh Is that a weird moth? A ladybug? A fly? No, it’s a spotted lanternfly. Hopefully, this is not a conversation we will be having in much of the state anytime soon. The spotted lanternfly was confirmed in downstate Michigan last summer in areas of Oakland ...

“I’m tore down, I’m almost level with the ground.” – Sonny Thompson It was a strange set of circumstances confronting me as I headed up from a main dirt road back way to the higher country where the road narrows, and the silences grow deeper and more profound. The circumstances ...

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The California condor is facing the deadliest strain of avian influenza in U.S. history, and the outbreak could jeopardize the iconic vulture with its 10-foot wingspan decades after conservationists saved the species from ...

“Evening breeze don’t seem to cool my mind, wind don’t seem to do a thing.” – Dan Hicks For many people, the days of youth have spurred an interest in all kinds of activities associated with the outdoors. John James Audubon, famous painter of birds, discoverer of more than 20 ...

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC For the Mining Gazette HOUGHTON — More than half of the 836 U.S. species of migratory birds are in decline. Since 1970, U.S. songbirds have declined 30%, which is almost 3 billion birds gone. Seventy-eight species are now considered as threatened while 14 are ...

“This old world so strange, you know she’s changing.” – Steve Gibbons It’s a strange world we live in, especially in the developed world, where things like reliable availability of electricity are expected. If the lights go out, we humans react in various ways. For some of us, we ...