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“We got jellyfish!”

By Ellie Katz | January 12, 2024 |

Freshwater jellyfish with water glider

Student scientists in Michigan add to the sparse scientific record about Craspedacusta sowerbii, a freshwater jellyfish found in inland lakes and rivers throughout the Great Lakes.

Filed Under: Freshwater lakes, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature, Science, Water quality, wildlife Tagged With: Nature

Small Wonder

By Agate & Emma O'Brien | October 28, 2023 |

Agate’s Short-short Video Series continues with a video by Emma O’Brien

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Photography, Video Tagged With: video

For the Love of a Prairie

By Lynette Anderson | August 25, 2023 |

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, prairie Tagged With: prairie

The trail less traveled

By Patrick Shea | June 5, 2023 |

An Ohio man shares the trials and triumphs of walking the entire North Country Trail.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Nature Tagged With: Nature

Return of a Keystone Species: Dakota County’s Bison Prairie

By Agate | January 15, 2023 |

New herd takes up residence at Spring Lake Park Reserve

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, prairie

Wind Resistance

By Patrick Shea, Points North | December 31, 2022 |

Wind turbines are being built in ocean waters off the east and west coasts. But why don’t we see any in the Great Lakes?

Filed Under: Climate Change, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Lake Superior, Policy Tagged With: conservation, policy

sweetwater sea

By Dominique Braud and Agate | November 26, 2022 |

Lake Superior transforms the world around it in images by Dominique Braud set to music by Peter Ostroushko.

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Lake Superior, Video

Bat Gadgetry: High-Tech Solutions to a Deadly Problem 

By Patrick Shea | October 15, 2022 |

Bat cave

A deadly fungus is threatening bats across the continent and it’s pushed several species towards extinction. But some scientists are hopeful they’ve found a solution: a “bug buffet.”

Filed Under: Conservation practices, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Nature, Research, wildlife Tagged With: conservation, Nature

Bringing the Yukon Home

By Tom Anderson | August 5, 2022 |

After years of cabin living in the far north, writer/naturalist Tom Anderson returns to Minnesota with new perspectives

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Uncategorized

Creating a buzz at Chisago Lakes Middle School

By Patrick Collins | July 8, 2022 |

Students and pollinators flourish in the gardens

Filed Under: An Agate Original, Flowers, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Insects, Uncategorized Tagged With: education, kids, pollinators, students

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