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About 20 feet down on the bottom of Lake Michigan, there’s a white marble crucifix from Italy. Diver Denny Jessick uses a trail of rumors to search...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:37
There’s this elusive bird found throughout the Great Lakes region. If you know where to look, you can often spot it where fields and wetlands meet....
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 07:46
Flying squirrels glow pink under a blacklight. How many other mammals do this? What causes them to glow? The hardest question of all might never be...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 17:50
Two anglers keep winning fishing tournament after tournament, where the prizes range from expensive boats, to thousands of dollars of cash. But one...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 18:08
States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers and the multi-billion d...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:14
Alison Világ pays attention for a living. She counts migrating ducks at Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, near Paradise, Michigan. It's key to gett...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 13:27
Rock hunting holds a special place in Joyce Fetrow’s heart. Years ago, she battled alcoholism that drove her to some dark places. Now, Joyce dedica...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 11:56
Invasive species often spread by hitching a ride on anglers, especially anglers who don’t clean their gear after fishing. Though this is widely kno...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 13:07
Freshwater jellyfish have been in inland lakes and rivers throughout the Great Lakes region since 1933. But a century after their discovery, we sti...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 09:54
Lane Frame was visiting the Great Lakes for the first time. It was a windy day and the water was rough, but Lane and his brothers headed onto a pie...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 17:25
Tom Wall is a West Michigan rock star who uses plants as bandmates. He uses a device to harness the electricity in plants, which then turns those i...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:56
David Exelby was scrolling through Reddit when he came across a mysterious post. This guy had stumbled on a ghost town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsul...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 16:04
In October 1960, Prince Akihito of Japan visited Chicago for 21 hours. Chicago’s mayor presented the prince with a diplomatic gift: 18 bluegill. Wh...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 12:32
Red-eared sliders are one of the most common pet turtle species in the world. But they can grow to the size of dinner plates and can live around 40...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 11:42
A team of archaeologists looks for signs of prehistoric life 100 feet underwater in Lake Huron. But they need help narrowing their search. So, they...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 17:20
Deer culling is common across the Midwest. Cities often hire sharpshooters or allow hunters to kill a certain number of deer. But one community in ...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 18:30
In the mid-1900’s, a man moves to northern Michigan to escape the hustle and bustle of city life. He starts having religious visions and builds big...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 12:04
When U.P. snowboarder Nick Baumgartner lost in a qualifying round at the 2022 Olympics, he broke down on national TV. It was his fourth Olympics, h...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 19:13
When hunter Ben Karasch sees something move out of the corner of his eye, he assumes it’s a deer. But as Karasch gets a better look, he realizes it...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 12:54
Small, silvery fish called kiyi used to roam the deep, cold waters of nearly every Great Lake. Remnant populations still exist in Lake Superior, an...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 10:51
Iceland has figured out how to use almost 100% of every fish caught – not just the filet. By making things like durable leather, beauty products, a...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:30
Fifty years after Vietnam, historians debate the influence of Montana's uniquely positioned U.S. senator
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 06:09
Managing water across the globe, one community at a time.
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 58:05
- Purchases: 2
The importance of keeping our outdoor spaces beautiful.
Bought by WOJB
- Added: Jun 10, 2024
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 1
A KVSC Special Report about the money artists do and don't earn in the digital music economy. KVSC Production Director Johnny interviews several Mi...
- Added: Jun 05, 2024
- Length: 27:30
