Environment

Last month, a fisherman identified an oily substance floating in backwater that ran adjacent to the Huron River. It's the second instance of contaminants intruding in area water in the city in the last year.

A lawsuit filed this week says the sediment that was removed was so deep in places it trapped deer and smothered critical wildlife. At one point, a man needed to be rescued.

Despite being surrounded by one of the world's most impressive fresh water systems, Michigan lacks clean affordable water. And worse, pollution and outdated infrastructure is threatening access to those same sources.

Only six months ago, the city of Flat Rock dealt with another source of contamination following a fuel spill at the Ford assembly plant.

It's just like knitting an afghan, or a sweater, or really anything else, Carrie Kushner says as her hands weave fabric into different layers - well, plastic layers.

Justin Ernst first came on law enforcement's radar during a domestic violence complaint. While on the scene, police noticed several deer in a nearby barn.

A new study compared old photos of Sleeping Bear, Silver Lake, Warren, and other sand dune sites with updated ones, revealing a dramatic pattern of change along Lake Michigan.

The removal of wolves from the endangered species list happened in the waning days of the Trump administration. But a judge said the government failed to show wolf populations could be sustained in the Midwest.

The science of what goes on underneath frozen Great Lakes is lagging. Now, a team of researchers are venturing to their ice-covered surfaces learn more.

At first glance they look like the objects from an alien planet. Maybe Mars? Except there's a beach in the background and Mars doesn't have any of that. But where on Earth would someone find dozens of petrified totems of sand?

The trails are intended for snowmobilers and will be groomed as soon as there's enough snow on them.