Explaining this year's Super El Niño
What is behind the massive weather event expected to impact the entire globe? FOX 2's Derek Kevra talks the Super El Niño taking aim at the Earth this winter.
What is behind the massive weather event expected to impact the entire globe? FOX 2's Derek Kevra talks the Super El Niño taking aim at the Earth this winter.
Building mountain biking trails and explaining El Niño | Brother Nature
How do mountain biking trails get built? Turns out, it's just as much art as it is engineering. We explore trails constructed at Dorais in Detroit and Maybury State Park. Also on Brother Nature this week, explaining the coming Super El Niño.
How do mountain biking trails get built? Turns out, it's just as much art as it is engineering. We explore trails constructed at Dorais in Detroit and Maybury State Park. Also on Brother Nature this week, explaining the coming Super El Niño.
Michigan would like its Porcupine Mountains state park sign back
“HAVE YOU SEEN ME???” the state park asked on social media after the apparent theft of the wilderness area's iconic signage at its entrance.
“HAVE YOU SEEN ME???” the state park asked on social media after the apparent theft of the wilderness area's iconic signage at its entrance.
Royal Oak's alley experiment, Rouge River discovery, and Mussel stocking | Brother Nature
Royal Oak is undertaking an experiment along one of its well-trafficked alleys where it's using the invasive tree of heaven and Japanese knotweed for a workshop. Also on Brother Nature this week, snuffbox mussel gets stocked and Friends of the Rouge rediscovers a lost fish.
Royal Oak is undertaking an experiment along one of its well-trafficked alleys where it's using the invasive tree of heaven and Japanese knotweed for a workshop. Also on Brother Nature this week, snuffbox mussel gets stocked and Friends of the Rouge rediscovers a lost fish.
Sugar Loaf to reopen after ski resort closed in 2000
The revitalization of Sugar Loaf has been in the works for years, requiring the nonprofit to hit their $8 million fundraising goal. The conservancy reached that threshold well before the deadline. The plans for the 285-acre property don't include the ski resort that once drew visitors from all over the region.
The revitalization of Sugar Loaf has been in the works for years, requiring the nonprofit to hit their $8 million fundraising goal. The conservancy reached that threshold well before the deadline. The plans for the 285-acre property don't include the ski resort that once drew visitors from all over the region.
Detroit River Hawk Watch, an elusive fox, and Sugar Loaf returns | Brother Nature
The annual hawk watch is underway along the Detroit River as tens of thousands of birds migrate south. How do the counters do it? Also on Brother Nature this week, an elusive fox is finally caught, the shuttered Sugar Loaf returns, and Michigan's annual elk hunt is on.
The annual hawk watch is underway along the Detroit River as tens of thousands of birds migrate south. How do the counters do it? Also on Brother Nature this week, an elusive fox is finally caught, the shuttered Sugar Loaf returns, and Michigan's annual elk hunt is on.
Detroit River Hawk Watch counting birds by the tens of thousands
Over the past week, more than 70,000 broad-winged hawks have passed over the Detroit River along their migratory route. But that's not all that counters based at Lake Erie Metropark have seen.
Over the past week, more than 70,000 broad-winged hawks have passed over the Detroit River along their migratory route. But that's not all that counters based at Lake Erie Metropark have seen.
Michigan trails to hike for fall colors
What are the best trails to see Michigan's fall colors? Spots all over the state offer some of the best vantages of autumn, including the Paint Creek Trail in Oakland County, the Escarpment Trail in the Porcupine Mountains, and the Highbanks Trail along the Au Sable River.
What are the best trails to see Michigan's fall colors? Spots all over the state offer some of the best vantages of autumn, including the Paint Creek Trail in Oakland County, the Escarpment Trail in the Porcupine Mountains, and the Highbanks Trail along the Au Sable River.
Fall colors guide across Michigan | Brother Nature
Here is your guide to Michigan fall colors, including the best drives to make across the state during peak foliage season as well as the science behind why the leaves change. Also on Brother Nature this week, Sturgeonpalooza at Michigan State University and a spotted lanternfly at Comerica Park.
Here is your guide to Michigan fall colors, including the best drives to make across the state during peak foliage season as well as the science behind why the leaves change. Also on Brother Nature this week, Sturgeonpalooza at Michigan State University and a spotted lanternfly at Comerica Park.
Meteor seen over Great Lakes broke sound barrier, found on remote Canadian island
When it crash-landed on a remote island in the Great Lakes, the space rock that broke the sound barrier when it entered Earth's atmosphere was several billion years old. The first human hand to hold a piece of it was that of Dave Kenny.
When it crash-landed on a remote island in the Great Lakes, the space rock that broke the sound barrier when it entered Earth's atmosphere was several billion years old. The first human hand to hold a piece of it was that of Dave Kenny.
Oakland University's beaver deceiver is Michigan's first pond leveler that solves dam flooding
Beaver's return to Michigan is a good sign for those looking out for improvements in the environment. But beaver habits like cutting down trees and blocking waterways isn't always welcome for homeowners caught in the aftermath.
Beaver's return to Michigan is a good sign for those looking out for improvements in the environment. But beaver habits like cutting down trees and blocking waterways isn't always welcome for homeowners caught in the aftermath.
Previewing the Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival
The Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival is coming up, continuing a downriver tradition at a place known for its birds, its people, and decades of fun and entertainment.
The Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival is coming up, continuing a downriver tradition at a place known for its birds, its people, and decades of fun and entertainment.
Rare find in Great Lakes after meteor crashes on Lake Huron island
A meteor that crashed through the atmosphere over the Great Lakes produced shockwaves before landing near Lake Huron. Canadian meteor hunters eventually tracked the space rocks to Cockburn Island.
A meteor that crashed through the atmosphere over the Great Lakes produced shockwaves before landing near Lake Huron. Canadian meteor hunters eventually tracked the space rocks to Cockburn Island.
Michigan's harmonious beavers and the Waterfowl Festival | Brother Nature
Beavers are returning to Michigan and damming up the place. Oakland University came up with a clever solution that allows us to co-exist alongside them. Also on Brother Nature this week, space rocks in Lake Huron and the Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival.
Beavers are returning to Michigan and damming up the place. Oakland University came up with a clever solution that allows us to co-exist alongside them. Also on Brother Nature this week, space rocks in Lake Huron and the Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival.
Co-existing with beavers as they return to Michigan
As beavers return to their native habitat in Southeast Michigan, questions about how we co-exist alongside nature's engineers are growing. At Oakland University, a family of beavers have built a dam at Galloway Creek. Researchers came up with a solution to mitigate the worst of the flooding that comes with their presence.
As beavers return to their native habitat in Southeast Michigan, questions about how we co-exist alongside nature's engineers are growing. At Oakland University, a family of beavers have built a dam at Galloway Creek. Researchers came up with a solution to mitigate the worst of the flooding that comes with their presence.
Pictured Rocks campground has Michigan's coolest toilet
Deep in the Northern Michigan wilderness is a clever solution to some of camping's biggest problems when it comes to going to the bathroom.
Deep in the Northern Michigan wilderness is a clever solution to some of camping's biggest problems when it comes to going to the bathroom.
Pictured Rocks remote campground has Michigan's coolest toilet
Deep in the Northern Michigan wild is a toilet that makes going to the bathroom while camping more pleasant than one might expect. And the science behind the toilet is just as cool. The National Park Service built the facility at Pictured Rocks campground.
Deep in the Northern Michigan wild is a toilet that makes going to the bathroom while camping more pleasant than one might expect. And the science behind the toilet is just as cool. The National Park Service built the facility at Pictured Rocks campground.
Finding fish in the Rouge River
Creek chubs, darters, and crayfish? For such low water levels, the tributaries of the Rouge River are teeming with life. The Friends of the Rouge nonprofit surveys dozens of locations along the river every year, creating a database of the kinds of fish they find and their abundance.
Creek chubs, darters, and crayfish? For such low water levels, the tributaries of the Rouge River are teeming with life. The Friends of the Rouge nonprofit surveys dozens of locations along the river every year, creating a database of the kinds of fish they find and their abundance.
Rouge River fish surveys, ambush bugs, and Raptors on the River | Brother Nature
The Rouge River is teeming with life - you just have to look and the Friends of the Rouge spends its summers doing just that. Its fish surveys inform our knowledge of the system's water quality. Also on Brother Nature this week, ambush bugs, noisy cicadas, Pictured Rocks cool toilet.
The Rouge River is teeming with life - you just have to look and the Friends of the Rouge spends its summers doing just that. Its fish surveys inform our knowledge of the system's water quality. Also on Brother Nature this week, ambush bugs, noisy cicadas, Pictured Rocks cool toilet.
Trump renames Lake Ontario to Lake America
The president's renaming of one of the five Great Lakes comes amid an escalating spat with Canada as a trade war between the two neighboring countries resumed in August.
The president's renaming of one of the five Great Lakes comes amid an escalating spat with Canada as a trade war between the two neighboring countries resumed in August.