Death Valley is one of the driest places in North America - but only about a 100 miles from a forest of Giant Sequoia trees. How can these two completely different ecosystems exist right next to each other?

Did you know that over 10,000 tons of plastics enters the Great Lakes every year? Researchers in New York have been looking into plastics pollution in the Great Lakes as they try to grasp the scope and look for possible solutions.

As the Indiana Dunes area transitions from National Lakeshore to National Park, more visitors are enjoying its beaches and trails. Environmental threats may be increasing too.

Algae is so important to our region, but when algae grows extremely fast it's called a bloom. Most of the time they are harmless, but sometimes they can make the water undrinkable, and when thirty-five million people get their drinking water from the Great Lakes Region, that's a problem.

When people visit the Detroit Zoo, they often head straight for our many animal habitats. These habitats and their animal inhabitants are amazing, but they are not the only places at the Zoo that are worth checking out. In this special series, Secret Zoo, we will share some of the Detroit Zoo’s less known, but equally fascinating features. This first episode focuses on three of the Detroit Zoo’s hidden greenspaces.

Much of what makes a tree is the basic structure and form. Single stems (trunks) and at least 30 feet in height, at maturity, often defines a “tree”.

Yup, it's true! Trees employ both photosynthesis AND respiration, although some people associate respiration only with animals.

PBS Books asked your favorite authors a very important question: What's your favorite ice cream flavor?

Gotta figure out a way to clean up this mess. It’s gonna take a master plan and imagination to do [...]

https://youtu.be/xi0zewvxWnQJoin the Ann Arbor District Library’s crew of puppet pals as they recommend and talk about new and interesting picture [...]