This is a good time to see on display a number of butterflies that use different strategies to avoid perishing during the winter. The most spectacular out right now are the Canadian tiger swallowtails, which have emerged in force after spending the cold months as a pupa attached to a tree or ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — This is “Three Free” Weekend in Michigan offering free fishing, free off-road-vehicle trail access and free entry at state parks. “We’re excited to celebrate ‘Three Free’ Weekend, a time when everyone gets to enjoy and take part in some of Michigan’s best ...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources this week announced preliminary totals for the 2024 spring turkey season. Wisconsin turkey hunters registered 50,435 birds this season, making it the fourth-highest spring harvest on record and a 22% increase from the five-year ...

Can a snail native to the Far East manage to establish itself in the Upper Peninsula? Yup — but, being a snail, only with some significant human help. Wednesday, while trying to photograph butterflies and dragonflies that have emerged this spring, I spotted something just off the boat ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — This is Free Fun Weekend in Wisconsin, a chance to try a new outdoor activity as state park admission fees, fishing licenses and trail passes are waived for all visitors. All linear/rail trails, including ATV and horseback riding trails, will be open to the public. ...

Six Mile Lake this spring has a pair of loons that have lingered. They fish together. They’ve done synchronized movements, though I can’t say I’ve seen the full-blown courtship behaviors portrayed in online videos. But it does raise the tantalizing prospect loons might nest on the ...