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A Great Horned Owl, under the care of Rebecca Lessard, acts as an educational ambassador for his species at the Wings of Wonder Raptor Sanctuary in Empire, Michigan on Sunday, June 16, 2013.

MSU sophmore running back Gerald Holmes slips aways from CMU junior defensive back Tony Anneset on September 26, 2015 in Spartan Stadium. The Chippewas lost to the Spartans 10-30.

Ranager Ann Fineman gives an educational presentation on black and brown bears at Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park to a vivisitng family from Denmark on Thursday, June 11, 2015.

A humpback whale breaches out of the water in Resurrection Bay on June 18, 2015. Humpback whales spend their summer feeding in the rich Alaskan waters before migrating back to Hawaii to breed and give birth.

Dawn Sheroskey peers out the window of McGuirk Arena at the 26th Annual Celebrating Life Pow wow between dances on the Campus of Central Michigan University, Saturday, March 21, 2015.

Guests of the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago, Illinois watch as a new chick rests from hatching it’s egg on February 8, 2014.

A father chats with his son after setting off a fire work on the shore of Lake Michigan July 4, 2014.

An American Bald Eagle moves it’s prey on a rocky shore line of Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park on Saturday, June 20, 2015. Eagles are opportunistic feeders who hunt and scavenge. Here, the eagle has a silver salmon as prey.

A scenic area of land on the climb in Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park on Thursday, June 11, 2015.

Members of the CMU University Theatre Dance Company stretch in preparation for rehearsal on September 28, 2014.

Kathryn Sell (center), a designer, lets a young model wearing a flower girl dress trim the wedding dress she designed for CMU’ s Threads Fashion Show on Saturday, April 25, in McGuirk Arena.

Jordan Fields realizes defeat at the end of the CMU vs. WMU game November 22, 2014. The Broncos defeated the Chippewas 32-20.

Kyle Staples brings in new bedding for the youngest chicks on the farm on Sept. 19, 2015. The chicks would be moved out to the grass enclosure later that day at GCC Organics Farm.

Mount Pleasant High School’s Victoria Arends, (30), catches the rebound at the freshman basketball game at Mount Pleasant Highschool, 1155 S. Elizabeth St., Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Thursday, February 5, 2015. Bay City Central beat Mount Pleasant High School 24-22.

Stellar Sea Lions rest in Kenai Fjords National Park Friday, June 12, 2015. Stellar Sea Lions (the Western Distinct Population Segment) are listed as “endangered” under the ESA.

A member of University Illinois Chicago warms up on the bar at the Illinois invitational at Central Michigan University on March 11, 2014.

Greg Poma releases a Red-tailed Hawk at the Wildlife Recovery Association on Sunday, April 12, 2015. This was the CMU biology major’s first time releasing a rehabilitated bird of prey.

Stellar Sea Lions rest in Kenai Fjords National Park Friday, June 12, 2015. Stellar Sea Lions (the Western Distinct Population Segment) are listed as “endangered” under the ESA.

A Central Michigan University biology student searches for invertebrates in her net in the Chippewa River on Friday, September 26, 2014. Her introduction to biology course went out in the field multiple times to evaluate the rivers of Mt. Pleasant.

A female brown bear was tranquilized by scientists to have samples collected, be weighed and have a GPS collar placed on July 7, 2015. She woke a few hours after collaring and her behavior was reported as normal.

A frog rests in a stream reflecting the surrounding forest on Beaver Island, Michigan May 26, 2014.

Mike Kinville yells to his teammates during the CMU vs. WMU game November 22, 2014.

Grant Hilderbrand, a National Park Wildlife biologist for the Alaska Region, checks the teeth of a tranquilized brown bear near Katmai National Park. Scientists collected samples, weighed, and placed a GPS collar on the bear on July 7, 2015. The bear woke a few hours after collaring and her behavior was reported as normal.

A guest at a Central Michigan University observatory open house peers into the telescope on November 3, 2014.

Elisa Weiss scans Squab Island for a nest of Black Oyster Catchers in Kenai Fjords National Park.Elisa is a biologist from Hawaii participating in the Inventory and Monitoring Near Shore Project in the Alaska region, which aims to collect yearly data from a variety of near shore ecosystems through out Alaska.

A wild Black Bear crosses in front of a marsh in Aialik Bay of Kenai Fjords National Park on Friday, June 19, 2015. The biggest threat to black bears today are humans in the form of poaching. Bear paws and gall bladders have medicinal value in China, Japan, and Korea.

Tess Knight prepares for the dancing competition at the 26th Annual Celebrating Life Pow wow in McGuirk Arena on the Campus of Central Michigan University, Saturday, March 21, 2015.