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Remote Lake Superior island wolf numbers are stable but moose population declining, researchers say
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
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
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...
Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior
WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain...
Fire destroys Minnesota's historic Lutsen Lodge on Lake Superior
LUTSEN, Minn. (AP) — Fire destroyed a historic lodge on Lake Superior in northern Minnesota early Tuesday, with the manager quickly pledging it would be rebuilt in the same design. The fire at the Lutsen Lodge was reported around 12:30 a.m. The only staffer on duty spotted smoke...
