Cheryl Bartz

Terry Ennis, a perfusionist at McClaren Northern Michigan Hospital, runs a machine that regulates patients' blood flow during heart surgeries.

Michigan’s largest native fruit is ripe and ready, but it may not be the one you're thinking of.

Every year, more than 50,000 cars hit deer in Michigan. When the deer is killed, some of the carcasses are claimed by the drivers and others are donated or landfilled. But what happens to the ones that are left to decompose?

Snowy owls can pounce on a mouse that's scurrying beneath the snow without ever setting eyes on it. That's because the birds have a superpower: their…

Winter is a great time to find animal tracks in the snow. Today on our field guide we hear how birds also leave tracks with their feet and wings.Cheryl…

Winter is one season when Northern Michigan is free of insects, right? Wrong. Hear about an exception you can find if you look closely.

For public land advocates in Michigan, Christmas comes the first week of December each year.That’s when the Michigan Natural Resources Trust fund board…

The number of black bear sightings in northern Michigan is on the rise, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. “The increases are…

The National Weather Service says there will be more precipitation than usual this winter, but it can’t say whether it will be a warm or cold winter. Some…

Mushrooms and fungi are coming up thanks to rain and cooler temperatures. Many are not safe to eat, but there's one fungus you will never be tempted to…