Wild Nature

Llyod Tanner has been fishing for catfish in the same area for the last 30 years. But last weekend may have been his most memorable.

It's not a canary in the coal mine, but a tern in the wetland that's got conservationists worried about the environmental health of migratory birds and the Great Lakes wetlands.

When mosquitos seem to swarm you, look at your clothes. If you're wearing one of three colors, you're actually more likely to be bitten.

The Dutch roots in the west Michigan city and its massive tulip festival are on full display during this year's exhibition of floral magnificence.

Pets and their owners in Michigan are in for a year of increased risk of Lyme disease and other bacterial infections carried by ticks.

Chronic Waste Disease is a deadly neurologic disease known to kill deer and other cervid species, like elk, moose, and mule deer.

“If you see her standing in the backyard, she just stands in the corner watching the other ones eat. It's just heartbreaking," said Scott Sisk, who has tried for a week to get the animal help.

“I thought it was a mink or a muskrat, something I'll normally see in the river,” said Ste Marie. “But as it got closer, it was too big to be one of those.”

Officials say its unlikely that pet birds become infected by the virus because of how little contact they have with species that more commonly are infected by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.

The threat of avian influenza prompted the Detroit Zoo to move its birds indoors earlier this year.