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Organizers of the annual swim along Belle Isle aim to raise money to fund cancer research at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center.

Just outside Detroit lies a scenic escape packed with trails, beaches, and a chilling, long-abandoned zoo that feels straight out of a horror film.

• Festival in the Park: 6-10:30 p.m. June 29, Civic Center Park, 360 W 13 Mile Road, food vendors, bounce house, face painting, and live music by Cosmic Groove.

Michaels suggests heading downtown early to grab a bite to eat or to find a spot, as viewing spots from Hart Plaza and car access to Belle Isle will fill up fast. Hart Plaza will open at 2 p.m ...

Both Lannoye-Hall and Dimitrie agree that education is essential to protecting wildlife and wild places — whether at the Zoo or Belle Isle Nature Center, in Detroit or deep in the rainforest.

You're right, we've got the natural area where the zoo operates the Belle Isle Nature Center and we have the wet mesic forest.

Designed as a traveling installation, it will also be displayed at the Belle Isle Nature Center and the Belle Isle Aquarium throughout the summer, detroithistorical.org.

Designed as a traveling installation, it will also be displayed at the Belle Isle Nature Center and the Belle Isle Aquarium throughout the summer, detroithistorical.org.

Chippewa Nature Center held a ribbon-cutting celebration Tuesday for its new Nature Education Center, just over a year after breaking ground on the project.