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    Birds that spend their winter in the continental U.S., like this dark-eyed junco, have a poorer rate of return to their summer grounds than birds that winter in the tropics, according to a new study. Courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
    Scientists use radar to count billions of migrating birds
    DULUTH — We mark the seasons as honking geese head south and as robins return north. Every autumn we marvel at their numbers going south,...
    news/science-and-natureSeptember 17, 2018 - 4:37pm
    September 12, 2018
    Woman not exposed to dead rabid bats
    ST. PAUL — State health officials say they have heard from the woman who dropped off two dead bats at the University of Minnesota Veterinary...
    news/science-and-natureSeptember 12, 2018 - 8:04pm
    Michael Anderson's canoe near Red Wing during the Three Rivers Expedition in September 2017. A year later, the adventure continues. Photo by Michael Anderson
    Minnesota river expedition cleans up 6,300 pounds of trash
    RED WING, Minn.—It was an ambitious plan. Paddle 1,200 miles on three rivers in one summer. That's OK. Michael Anderson is an ambitious...
    news/science-and-natureSeptember 12, 2018 - 2:48pm
    Around Minnesota, winters just aren't as cold as they used to be. DNR climatologist Kenny Blumenfeld produced this graphic showing how Grand Rapids is losing its coldest temperature readings, which are usually collected overnight. The 1930s was something of an anomaly, he said, because the drought years caused colder temperatures. Source: Minnesota DNR
    Experts say Minnesota's climate changing faster than other states
    ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — It's getting harder to brag about being a hardy Minnesotan. That was the underlying message from a pair of climatologists...
    news/science-and-natureSeptember 12, 2018 - 9:14am
    September 11, 2018
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    Explore Minnesota releases year’s first fall color map
    ST. PAUL -- Explore Minnesota has launched its annual fall color map and Clay and Norman counties in northwestern Minnesota are among a few small...
    news/science-and-natureSeptember 11, 2018 - 1:27pm
    September 5, 2018
    A rooster pheasant takes flight across a field. Forum News Service file photo
    Minnesota roadside pheasant count up 19 percent from last year
    ST. PAUL -- The 2018 roadside survey for pheasants in Minnesota has shown a surprising 19 percent increase over last year. While the count is...
    news/science-and-natureSeptember 5, 2018 - 5:00pm
    August 30, 2018
    Starry stonewort invasive algae. Forum News Service file photo
    Volunteers search 187 Minnesota lakes, find only one with invasive algae
    PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — After scouring 187 lakes in Minnesota, a team of 225 trained volunteers found only one lake that had the invasive algae...
    news/science-and-natureAugust 30, 2018 - 4:26pm
    August 29, 2018
    The wayward roseate spoonbill is pictured Sunday, Aug. 25, at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Bloomington. (Isaac Hosch/ Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union)
    Hey, that's no loon! Subtropical bird spotted in Minnesota for first time
    BLOOMINGTON, Minn.—A subtropical bird with pink plumage and a distinctive bill has been recorded in Minnesota for the first time, causing...
    news/science-and-natureAugust 29, 2018 - 4:17pm
    August 27, 2018
    Lock and Dam No. 1 on the Mississippi River, just downstream of the Ford Parkway bridge between St. Paul, right, and Minneapolis, as seen April 11. John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    University of Minnesota, rowing clubs worried about proposal to remove dams from Mississippi River
    ST. PAUL—The effort to turn six miles of the lazy Mississippi River into a fast-moving rapids could damage University of Minnesota property,...
    news/science-and-natureAugust 27, 2018 - 5:56pm
    August 23, 2018
    Nation’s first fixed dental clinic at VA home opens in Minneapolis
    MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minneapolis Veterans Home, along with state government, made history Thursday, Aug. 23, by opening the nation’s first fixed dental clinic on a state veterans home campus. Previously, the home relied on mobile clinics to provide dental care to veterans as do...
    news/science-and-natureAugust 23, 2018 - 3:05pm
    August 9, 2018
    Minnesota air quality alert extended through Saturday, expands southward
    BEMIDJI—An air quality alert first issued Wednesday for parts of Minnesota has been extended through Saturday, and also expanded southward, by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The alert will run through 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, and the affected region includes the...
    news/science-and-natureAugust 9, 2018 - 3:08pm
    August 8, 2018
    Report: States can do more to fight cancer
    DULUTH, Minn.—Minnesota falls short in adapting measures that would aid in the fight against cancer, an advocacy group contends in a report...
    news/science-and-natureAugust 8, 2018 - 9:59pm
    Dead and decaying algae collects along the rocky shoreline at Sailboard Beach Monday. Rising water temperatures and high levels of phosphorus in the lake lead to multiple algal blooms on Lake Okabena each year. (Julie Buntjer / The Globe)
    Yucky muck: It takes a village to improve lake health
    WORTHINGTON — Since late June, water quality and clarity in Worthington’s Lake Okabena has struggled. It isn’t uncommon to see blue-green...
    news/science-and-natureAugust 8, 2018 - 7:01am
    August 5, 2018
    A photo of the Antelope after masts were added and she was converted into a schooner. The Antelope sank in the waters of Lake Superior in 1897 off the coast of Michigan Island. courtesy / Wisconsin Historical Society
    The 'Greyhound bus' at the bottom of Lake Superior: 19th century shipwreck added to national register
    ASHLAND, Wis. — It was built in 1861, sank in 1897 and is now memorialized on the historic register. One of the latest shipwrecks to be...
    news/science-and-natureAugust 5, 2018 - 6:05am
    August 1, 2018
    Buses wait to go out on their routes at the MJ Ruter Metro Transit Garage in Brooklyn Center, Wednesday, Aug. 1. Fuel pumps in the garage may have leaked diesel into the soil for years. ( Scott Takushi / Pioneer Press)
    Twin Cities bus garage leaked fuel into ground, the question is: How much?
    BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn.—The fuel system at a Metro Transit bus garage that serves dozens of routes across the Twin Cities may have leaked...
    news/science-and-natureAugust 1, 2018 - 9:19pm
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