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Remote Lake Superior island wolf numbers are stable but moose population declining, researchers say

Apr. 30, 2024 08:03 AM EDT

Researchers forced to cut short an annual survey of wildlife on a remote Lake Superior island this winter due to unusually warm weather announced Tuesday that they managed to gather data that shows the wolf population is stable. Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre (54,200-hectare) island...

Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice

Mar. 08, 2024 00:44 AM EST

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks. The ski plane they study the wolves...

Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight

Mar. 07, 2024 17:27 PM EST

DALLAS (AP) — Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in the evenings as the days warm into summer. Where did this all come from, though? How we came to move...