As a trained entomologist, I learned a lot of fancy names for common ordinary insects. We studied insects' order, family and species name. Most people just call these “bugs.” For example, we learned ...

You may soon see dead fish and other aquatic animals in Michigan’s lakes and streams as spring thaw begins, but state officials say there’s no cause for alarm. The Michigan Department of Natural ...

An especially cold winter is showing its effects around some southern Minnesota shallow lakes and ponds with dead or dying fish. Although this can be discouraging to see, in most cases it is the ...

It wasn't long ago - the mid-1990s - when North Dakota was pulling out of a drought and parched wetlands were recharged beyond what anyone could have reasonably predicted. At the same time, many large ...

WEST FARGO – Winterkill of fish in lakes, reservoirs, ponds and sloughs is nothing new in North Dakota. In any given year, there’s a potential for winterkill. Just like for pheasants and deer in North ...

Winterkill is a catch-all term describing winter injury to turfgrass that occurs through a variety of mechanisms such as ice suffocation, crown hydration, low-temperature injury and desiccation.

It’s going to be c-c-c-cold in the Plains and Midwest this weekend. Kait Parker, meteorologist with The Weather Channel, has already been tracking dangerous wind chills as of Thursday, with more ...

CLAY COUNTY, Minn. (Valley News Live) - It was a brutal winter for all of us. “It was tough for the deer, for the pheasants, and now we’re seeing the impacts to the fisheries,” Doug Leier, an outreach ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In a pond off the beaten path in Grand Rapids, hundreds of dead fish — carp, bluegill and bass — are piled up against a beaver dam. Bloated and belly side up, they rot in the ...

IN PARTICULAR. BILL QUANECIA BILL. THANK YOU. WE ARE HEARING YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT WINTER KILL THE DISEASE THAT CAN TAKE A TOLL ON GRASS. DRY CONDITIONS THIS FALL, COMBINED WITH RECENT SNOW IS EXPECTED ...

Winterkill is an easy problem to define but difficult to fully understand. Simply put, winterkill occurs when turf dies during winter. However, understanding the mechanisms that cause winterkill, ...