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A portrait of a passenger pigeon from 1908. By this point, wild passenger pigeons had already vanished. The last of the species, a captive pigeon named Martha, died in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo. (credit: John Henry Hintermeister / Wikimedia Commons)
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POINTS NORTH: The Pigeons’ Last Passage
Ellie Katz
Passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in North America. But in 1914, they went extinct. Most of their last nesting grounds hugged the Great Lakes. What was it like to experience these birds? And what are we left with when we lose a species?
A pink salmon caught in a Norwegian river. Norway and other Nordic nations are trying to reduce invasive pink salmon populations, which have exploded in the last decade. European researchers are looking to the Great Lakes for answers, where pink salmon have made major adaptations to survive after being accidentally introduced to Lake Superior 70 years ago. (Courtesy: Eva Thorstad / Norwegian Institute for Nature Research)
Eva Thorstad
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Norwegian Institute for Nature Reseach
IPR News
How a ‘forgotten’ fish in the Great Lakes is bringing together researchers in Michigan and abroad
Ellie Katz
Medical helicopters could become increasingly necessary as federal cuts hit rural hospitals. But federal policy means those choppers are often flying at a financial loss. (Photo courtesy of Michigan Medicine)
Michigan Medicine
Rural Michigan may need more medical helicopters. Can it afford them?
Justin A. Hinkley | Bridge Michigan
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