University of Minnesota-Duluth project seeks to understand the role of snow and melting in how water moves through the landscape, with climate and population change factored in.
Duluth event will feature presentations from scientists studying a broad range of topics in northern Minnesota and Ontario.
Advanced tracking collars will give scientists an intimate look at the animals’ lives on the wild Lake Superior island.
Ripple effect of climate change may make it harder for cisco to reproduce and survive, causing problems for lake trout and other species that depend on the cold-water fish.
How do you catch a semi-aquatic rodent that spends very little time on land? Turns out, with patience and a lot of waiting. Researchers use GPS-collars to reveal a predator-prey relationship…
Scientists tracking and studying wolves in the park on MInnesota’s northern border have documented the animals fishing, and it could be an important food source.
A massive example of the iconic Quetico-Superior tree species growing on the edge of Namakan Lake has been declared the biggest of its kind in the country.
Bloom of unusual aquatic plant that can cover cold, clean river bottoms with slimy growth and hurt aquatic food web is discovered in Poplar River.
New research explains how climate change will likely disrupt natural processes that affect what grows where.
Minnesota and Michigan-based academics say the decision to transport new wolves to the Lake Superior site was based on incomplete information.
Project begins to restore predator population on popular island in Lake Superior, as managers seek to balance natural forces.
Lightning has started a handful of blazes on both sides of the international border, though the fires remain relatively small.
After being ruled too vague to protect rice or provide certainty to industries, state scientists will try to come up with a clearer way to implement research findings.
Imagine boating in Voyageurs National Park and seeing what appears to be an island on the move. It is over six acres in size, composed primarily of cattails and pockmarked by shrubs and small trees. Unanchored, this vegetative mass moves freely—a navigational hazard, a danger to docks and property, and spreading invasive species.
New study predicts that an average of 25 percent of bird species in America’s National Parks will change due to global warming.
New research shows how moose prefer the type of forest habitat that is created by forest fires.
Managers respond to disappearance of wolves from the wild island in Lake Superior, letting moose population explode with
Imagine a wolf kill, and the remains of an ungulate—a hoofed animal like a moose—probably come to mind. Yet scientists have known for some time that wolves also eat smaller prey, like deer fawns and beavers. This is particularly true during summer, when wolf packs primarily hunt and travel as individuals or pairs.
The latest estimate is about one-third of their peak population, but has quit shrinking over the past several years.
Major new logging and burning project will seek to diversify forest habitats for moose and other wildlife.