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Reports from Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin told of more ruffed grouse than any recent year.| Duluth News Tribune
Reports from Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin told of more ruffed grouse than any recent year.| Duluth News Tribune
Darwin saw them ballooning. Without any wind. Eventually some scientists figured out their electric secret. The post How Spiders Fly appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
These bold insects live in complex underground matriarchies that are seriously metal.| Bay Nature
The animals offer a nontoxic alternative to pesticides for removing the small tree, which outcompetes native plants.| Superior Telegram
Like a lot of wildlife, grouse prefer the edges of different habitats, such as a timber clearcut next to a mature forest.| Pine & Lakes Echo Journal
Legal challenges and resistance to planned natural burials at a historic cemetery lead planners to move on.| Rochester Post Bulletin
Company has revived the Whitewater Falls Cemetery Association for nontraditional burials.| Rochester Post Bulletin
Descendants of the Johnson family donate 138 acres of native prairie to create a preserved outdoor classroom and research site just north of Mitchell| Mitchell Republic
An annual effort across Minnesota and Wisconsin looks for new invasions.| Park Rapids Enterprise
A UMD study found that bigmouth buffalo are terrible at reproduction but are killing it at living to old age.| Park Rapids Enterprise
A dry winter and late spring rains may have caused many ducks to fly farther north to nest.| Park Rapids Enterprise
The Minnesota DNR is taking public input now and holding meetings in September.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Even after the mildest winter on record, biologists say the northern deer herd is still down after recent tough winters.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Thanks, Northland! After 41 years as a reporter, this scribe is retiring from the newspaper business.| Park Rapids Enterprise
The eastern spruce budworm is a native insect that munches on balsam fir, leaving some 1,100 square miles of trees defoliated or dead last year, the most in the region since 1961.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Both were probationary employees. The agency gave the four other workers who were placed on leave either a one-week leave extension or a “notice of proposed removal.”| Park Rapids Enterprise
The tick-borne virus, which can cause encephalitis, meningitis and death, is spreading throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, but there are no drugs to treat or prevent it.| Park Rapids Enterprise
A dry winter and late spring rains may have caused many ducks to fly farther north to nest.| Superior Telegram
Late August is a peak time for the deadly disease, health experts say.| West Central Tribune
Late August is a peak time for the deadly disease, health experts say.| Cloquet Pine Journal
We have summer's best meteor shower in the crosshairs and maybe aurora, too.| Duluth News Tribune
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them? The post Unmasking the Sea Star Killer appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
All 12 Bay Area “critical habitat” groves in a proposed federal threatened listing include eucalyptus. How do we protect a native that now depends on a non-native to survive?| Bay Nature
Olympia oysters, whose native range runs from Baja California to southern Alaska, are being enlisted as ecological engineers in nearly 40 “living shoreline” projects in the US alone. The post A Living Shoreline, Built One Oyster at a Time appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
“Long-term monitoring isn’t sexy,” says one source. But this data is how we know what is happening to the planet.| Bay Nature
Bay Area sport fish sampled in a study were overwhelmingly tainted with PFAS. “It’s more widespread than we really thought,” says a scientist. But it’s not so easy to persuade anglers to eat less fish. The post The People Will Keep Fishing, Despite Forever Chemicals in the Fish appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
A coalition of advocates and loyal supporters has staved off the closure of a unique marine research center on the San Francisco Bay — at least for another six months. The post Backed by Supporters, SF State’s Marine Research Lab Delays Closure appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
The 34 goats leave the grass on the hillside as they remove buckthorn.| Superior Telegram
Baseball fans collect souvenirs like squirrels collect acorns. There are the official ones: home run balls, foul balls, baseball cards (and the quest to get them autographed), commemorative pins, bobbleheads, hat-shaped ice cream bowls. Grown men and women exchange hard-earned … Read more The post We’ve Lost the A’s, But At Least We Still Have This Invasive Succulent appeared first on Bay Nature.| Bay Nature
Reading doesn't have to happen within four walls, says the Superior Public Library director.| Superior Telegram
Looking for math tray activities for preschoolers? These Asteroid Preschool Number Mats will help your students work on number recognition 1-10! Read the full post: Blast Off With Asteroid Preschool Number Mats| Kool Kids Games
The Medora City Council has concerns about the herd’s viability if birth control continues.| Grand Forks Herald
Allowing crypto mining to keep generators spinning while rising atmospheric carbon levels contribute to climate change feels problematic, to say the least.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Asteroid 2024 YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough is being done to track it, says local astronomer.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Sea-level rise is threatening San Francisco’s shores. In February, the city began vegetating the sand dunes as part of its answer.| Bay Nature
The state has the cat species' third-largest population in the U.S.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Research shows that the end of daylight saving time brings a 16% rise in vehicle and deer collisions in the week following.| Alexandria Echo Press
It would extend the trail route from Walmart to the Viking Plaza.| Alexandria Echo Press
White-tailed deer are probably the biggest winners in a record-warm Minnesota meteorological winter.| St. Cloud Live
A UMD study found that bigmouth buffalo are terrible at reproduction but are killing it at living to old age.| St. Cloud Live
Among its many provisions, the Inflation Reduction Act provides several incentives for homeowners (and renters) to make energy-efficiency improvements to their homes.| Bemidji Pioneer
It was the middle of a triple-digit heat wave in the hottest July ever recorded in Bakersfield, California. Bat biologist Erika Noel stepped beneath a freeway overpass along State Route 178, and the air felt like an oven. Forty feet above, clustered among five joints of the bridge, were thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats emitting their trademark musk—an odor laced with the smell of ammonia and corn chips.| Bay Nature
For the past several years, wildlife photographer Sarah Killingsworth has shadowed biologist Matt Lau’s work helping the western snowies at Point Reyes National Seashore. But tricky ravens have become a problem of late.| Bay Nature
Thanks, Northland! After 41 years as a reporter, this scribe is retiring from the newspaper business.| St. Cloud Live
The Minnesota DNR is taking public input now and holding meetings in September.| Grand Forks Herald
A dry winter and late spring rains may have caused many ducks to fly farther north to nest.| Grand Forks Herald
Two kinds of milkweed and at least 40 other pollinator plants grow on April Westman's day care property.| Duluth News Tribune
The Minnesota DNR is taking public input now and holding meetings in September.| St. Cloud Live
The Minnesota DNR hired its first-ever elk biologist as the Fond du Lac elk project moves slowly ahead toward 2026 relocation.| Duluth News Tribune
Even after the mildest winter on record, biologists say the northern deer herd is still down after recent tough winters.| St. Cloud Live
Even after the mildest winter on record, biologists say the northern deer herd is still down after recent tough winters.| Alexandria Echo Press
Retired newspaperman Dave Greschner's first book captures the remarkable detail of northern Wisconsin's seasons.| Duluth News Tribune
Minnesota's drumming survey, conducted in April and May, was the highest since 1972.| Duluth News Tribune
The Minnesota DNR is taking public input now and holding meetings in September.| Alexandria Echo Press
The annual BioBlitz event, set for Aug. 24, is free and open to everyone.| Duluth News Tribune
We urgently need to return carbon dioxide and other gasses toward those levels when our atmospheric hazards were less extreme.| Bemidji Pioneer
Let’s make Mother’s Day 2024 the catalyst for hundreds of conversations that help people fight the pollution overheating our planet.| Bemidji Pioneer
Building support for climate solutions takes more than one action.| Bemidji Pioneer
DNR will manage 25 acres of fen and unique rock outcroppings for protection and public access.| Duluth News Tribune
Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at krohman@duluthnews.com.| Duluth News Tribune
Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at krohman@duluthnews.com.| Duluth News Tribune
Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at krohman@duluthnews.com.| Duluth News Tribune
The Minnesota DNR is taking public input now and holding meetings in September.| Duluth News Tribune
Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at krohman@duluthnews.com.| Duluth News Tribune
Local mycologists suspect death caps—huge and abundant in the Bay Area—may be competing with chanterelles underground.| Bay Nature
These space theme number sequencing worksheets will capture your students’ imagination and have them mastering number order 1 to 20 in no time. Grab your cut and paste worksheets now! Read the full post: Number Sequencing Worksheets to Countdown (Or Up!) Into Outer Space| Kool Kids Games
At a foundational level, you can adapt any of your alphabet order activities to have a space theme, and these cute alphabet sequence clip cards will keep your students engaged with their fun pictures and challenges. They are a great way to have your students work on learning the alphabet independently. Read the full post: Help Their Letter Recognition Blast Off With Space Alphabet Sequence Cards| Kool Kids Games
