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Caption: Black Indianapolis Series, Credit: Urbanist Media
This two-part series on African American history in Indianapolis, IN, takes you to Indiana Avenue—a once vibrant Black corridor with homes, restaur...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 52:54
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For the past three and a half decades, zebra and quagga mussels have fundamentally altered the ecology and hijacked the food web of the Great Lakes...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 15:15
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The U.S. Constitution refers to treaties with other sovereign nations as “the supreme law of the land.” But what happens when promises have been ma...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:01
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In 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The dangers of oil trains are part of the controversy around Enb...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 18:56
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There’s no safe way to move crude oil across an entire continent. So what risks are we willing to take? And who bears the brunt of that risk? Over ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 19:13
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A deadly fungal infection is pushing some bat species to the brink of extinction. As scientists scramble to track the spread of white nose syndrome...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:35
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Rails are secretive marsh birds, and they’re on the decline. But a researcher playing their recorded calls over a loudspeaker could help bring them...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 09:13
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Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blam...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 16:27
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Kurt Steiner holds the world record for stone skipping. He throws rocks because it makes him happy. And because he says it’s key to escaping digita...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 12:49
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According to an Anishinaabe prophecy, manoomin – wild rice – is what brought the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples to the Great Lakes.But starti...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 11:40
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Lake Superior can change in a heartbeat; one minute it’s calm ― the next it's raging into a wild storm. When people in the water get caught off-gua...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 17:46
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Because of its abundant open space, Detroit, Michigan has a thriving ring-necked pheasant population. The birds have endeared themselves to many by...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 10:54
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America’s bird, the bald eagle, is facing a tremendous challenge. As scavengers, they feed on what we and other animals leave behind. But lead cont...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:03
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Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 – from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to ge...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:03
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Harmful algal blooms are a growing concern in the Great Lakes. The toxins they produce can close beaches and even poison drinking water. What’s fue...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:45
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Laura Neese says she was practically raised in a dog kennel. What began as a homeschool project, is now a lifelong obsession, as she competes in so...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 15:00
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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