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Will woodland caribou survive in the Lake Superior basin?

By Nancy Langston | January 14, 2019 |

Woodland caribou on Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior. Credit: Christian Schroeder.

Human policy decisions may pose a more imminent threat to caribou than climate change.

Filed Under: Climate Change, History, Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Research, Science, wildlife Tagged With: climate change, Wildlife

Poem: “The Underword”

By Barton Sutter | September 13, 2018 |

The Wanderer. © Jim Gindorff

A poem for a magical fall day.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Photography, Poetry, wildlife Tagged With: Nature, poetry, Wildlife

Uncovering the secret lives of wolves

By Alissa Johnson | June 28, 2018 |

A creek running through an old beaver meadow, or beaver pond that has drained and become a meadow, near Junction Bay in Voyageurs National Park. Photo by Tom Gable.

A study in Voyageurs National Park is revealing details about wolf predation on beavers, leading to new insights about the ways wolves hunt—breakthrough information helping scientists create a fuller picture of how wolves impact the larger ecosystem.

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Science, wildlife Tagged With: voyageurs national park, wolves

Canada Lynx: Life on the Edge

By Laurie Allmann | April 27, 2018 |

An 8,065 square-mile region in northeastern Minnesota is defined as critical habitat for threatened lynx in the Lower 48 under the Endangered Species Act. Photo © Thomas Spence

As researchers in the Superior National Forest work to learn more about the Canada lynx, the species may lose its federal protected status in the Lower 48

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature, Issues, Research, wildlife

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