Archive - Nature

Geocachers: GPS Shopping

Geocachers: GPS Shopping

GPS recommendations from Up North guys in-the-know.

Winging it: Sandhill Crane

Winging it: Sandhill Crane

Look for skyward for these large and beautiful harbingers of spring.

Skunk Shampoo

Skunk Shampoo

Recipe for Skunk Shampoo.

Feral Pigs Are Running Wild in Northern Michigan

Feral Pigs Are Running Wild in Northern Michigan

Feral pigs, a hybrid escaped domestic hogs and wild boars, are multiplying and running wild in the woods of Northern Michigan.

Feed the Birds

How to recycle kitchen scraps to create tasty reats for Michigan's winter birds.

Ice by Any Other Name

Ice by Any Other Name

The crew of the mighty Icebreaker Mackinaw came up with names for the kinds of ice that clattered against the hull as the ship broke its way through.

Disappearing Bees

Disappearing Bees

Honeybees are abandoning their hives and vanishing in something called Colony Collapse Disorder.

Finding August's Moths at Night

Finding August's Moths at Night

Tips for finding four varieties of moths on an August night, including Catocala cara, Catocala amatrix, Catocala relicta, Catocala ilia.

Hooking a Smallmouth Bass

Hooking a Smallmouth Bass

Tips and gear for hooking smallmouth bass and three lakes in Northern Michigan where fisherman will find them.

Dune Wonder

Dune Wonder

Varied dune ecology can be found in Grand Sable Dunes, Sleeping Bear Dunes and Nordhouse Dunes, including pitcher's thistle, piping plover and wolf spider.

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