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Daffodils and trilliums get all the love. But deeper in the woods, another iconic marker of spring has started to appear: vernal pools.
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This week: Michigan does away with its frog and toad survey, and the Supreme Court comes up north. Plus, we finally hear the Camp Grayling decision and the Traverse City Film Festival's big news.
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Every spring since 1996, volunteers from around the state have participated in a frog and toad survey. But after 27 years of citizen science, it's been canceled indefinitely.
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This week on Points North, we look at animals and the threats they face. Great Lakes piping plovers were on the verge of extinction in the 1980s, but…
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Frogs and toads are highly sensitive to habitat degradation, and that makes them a good barometer for environmental health.Every year volunteers from the…
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Past studies have found strange things happening to frogs when they’re exposed to farm chemicals. A new study shows estrogen in suburban areas is...
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Frogs really sing in earnest after dark. They drink and breathe through their skin without a filter and are very sensitive to environmental changes....