Severe weather events in the Great Lakes region are disrupting bird migration, affecting habitats and nesting sites.

Great Lakes farms have become a hot spot for bird flu, killing millions of birds and raising fears of a human pandemic.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it won’t let any federal funding issues slow its work to protect the Great ...

For years, officials with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) hired about five seasonal piping plover monitors to ...

In the fall, after the plovers migrate to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts in the United States, monitors help prepare the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — One of the nation’s leading experts on a critically endangered bird says potential federal spending cuts could spell doom for the Great Lakes piping plover.

Two pairs of Michigan bald eagles could become parents any day now, and the public can watch as it happens. The eagles, in ...

Three standouts in the Columbus food scene were nominated for James Beard Awards this year. Once again, though, the city has ...

Piping plover parents have their work cut out for them with these precocious chicks. Ready to roam the beach just hours after ...