This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. Tucked about a mile offshore from Lake Michigan, in northern Michigan’s Charlevoix ...

Streams and rivers change shape over time as they wind through a landscape. It’s common for big outer loops to get cut off from the main channel, leaving behind u-shaped oxbow lakes and wetlands. When ...

New research suggests that the loss of wetlands since 1985 has cost more than $10 billion in residential flood insurance ...

The destruction of wetlands in the United States has increased the amount of flood insurance claims by $10 billion over the past 40 years, a phenomenon expected to worsen in tandem with climate change ...

Migratory birds often become most visible in the places people love to watch them. A wetland full of waders, ducks, geese, or soaring flocks can feel like a complete wildlife story in itself. But for ...

On a warm day in August, Anthony Stewart hiked through a forest on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, making his way through a tangle of ferns and grasses. Wispy, lichen-coated branches hung overhead, ...