May is the peak season for morel mushrooms in Michigan, but the fruiting period lasts from April to mid-June. The Michigan DNR provides a "Mi-Morels Map" highlighting recent large burn areas, which ...

Tiny, mighty, jewel-toned hummingbirds are almost to Michigan. Hummingbird Central keeps a map of spring migration sightings ...

While the weather in mid-Michigan is finally starting to seem like spring, people will begin digging into their lawns to get ...

Participants at last week’s annual Michigan Society of American Foresters conference in Bellaire discussed how bark and ...

Birds Are the Best Part of Spring We all need little signs of spring. When the wind chill dips and another bout of cold ...

Fall migration is happening earlier for a North American bird species that is already in rapid decline, adding pressure to ...

Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

Birdsong can signal the start of spring before the leaves bud and the flowers bloom. Every place has a unique sound, which ...

Otsego, Charlevoix, Leelanau and Grand Traverse counties were among the Lower Peninsula locations where the DNR received bear complaints in 2024.