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- Yale University doctoral students Siria Gamez, and Aishwarya Bhandari, rear, work on a wildlife camera that had been attached to a tree in a Detroit park on Oct. 7, 2022. With many types of wildlife struggling to survive and their living space shrinking, some are finding their way to big cities. In Detroit, scientists place wildlife cameras in woodsy sections of parks to monitor animals. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur 'rewilding' in cities
By JOHN FLESHER - AP Environmental Writer
Wed,12/07/22-12:14AM , 543 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study Detroit's most elusive residents — coyotes, foxes, raccoons and skunks among them.
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- This undated photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a northern long-eared bat. On Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, the Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered, a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by a deadly fungus. This is the third species of bat recommended for the designation this year due to white-nose syndrome. (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via AP, File)
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US bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered
By JOHN FLESHER - AP Environmental Writer
Tue,11/29/22-7:45AM , 350 Reads
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.
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- In this image made from video, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks with educators, parents and students during a back-to-school event at Novi High School on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Novi, Mich. A day earlier, two men were convicted of conspiring to kidnap Whitmer. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
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Whitmer kidnap plot convictions unlikely to curb extremism
By JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press
Wed,08/24/22-12:42PM , 213 Reads
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The conviction of two men for conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov.
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- Mosquito Joe lead technician Damien Ysasi sprays a mixture of essential oil insecticides in a yard in Cascade Township near Grand Rapids, Mich., on July 20, 2022. As climate change widens the insect's range and lengthens its prime season, more Americans are resorting to the booming industry of professional extermination. But the chemical bombardment worries scientists who fear over-use of pesticides is harming pollinators and worsening a growing threat to birds that eat insects. (AP Photo/John Flesher)
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Backyard mosquito spraying booms, but may be too deadly
By JOHN FLESHER - AP Environmental Writer
Fri,08/19/22-12:08AM , 142 Reads
CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — It’s an increasingly familiar sight in U.S. cities and suburbs: A van pulls up to the curb. Workers wearing gloves, masks and other protective gear strap on backpack-type mechanisms with plastic hoses, similar to leaf blowers.
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