While analyzing the mountains of data harvested from three decades of butterfly counting in the Midwest, a Michigan State University Ph.D. candidate had seen enough studies to be braced for bad news.

The butterfly study follows another paper published in March 2025 in Science, which documented a 22% national butterfly decline across the United States from 2000 to 2020. That study, which ...

The analysis included cost of living, home values, tax rates and crime rates. Two Midwestern states, North Dakota and Indiana, ranked among the top 10 states for retirement.

Severe storms battered the Midwestern United States this weekend, unleashing historic rainfall, widespread flooding, and ...

The next most "Midwestern" states by Van Dam's measurements were Indiana and Wisconsin, with just over 2% of respondents using the word "Midwest" in Airbnb descriptions.

Upper Midwestern states are in danger of losing a precious economic commodity: young people. Many are leaving for other parts of the country after finishing school. Without young, educated workers ...

The analysis included cost of living, home values, tax rates and crime rates. Two Midwestern states, North Dakota and Indiana, ranked among the top 10 states for retirement.