Minnesota’s black bears are emerging from their winter dens this time of year, as weather warms and plants and insects return ...

More than 170 species of North American wild birds were infected with bird flu. Here's what it means for your backyard bird ...

Every year, the American Birding Association (ABA) chooses a bird to highlight for the year ahead. Sometimes, these birds are ...

The red-winged blackbird, at home in cattail vegetation of Minnesota’s bountiful wetlands, lakes and rivers, is a welcome ...

The Ricketts Conservation Foundation pledged an additional $100,000 annually for the next five years to the NLC to support ...

For turkey farmer Erica Sawatzke, Thanksgiving was going terribly. It was 2023, and while others were eating their turkey ...

We can feel spring just around the corner here in Minnesota. Here's what you need to get out of your backyard so you don't ...

When a milk sample tests positive the avian flu, the Minnesota department of agriculture will quarantine the dairy farm, and test a second sample to determine the herd is infected. While the bird ...

Of course the birds are actually performing for the hand ... Many places throughout northwest Minnesota provide ideal habitat for sharp-tailed grouse and prairie chicken. Already gathering ...

Also of note during the chilly early mornings of February, these birds were the first to arrive in the pre-dawn. In the subzero days, they remained. Though they are common, pine siskins do not ...

A Danish study has suggested that Common Racoon Dogs pose no threat to ground-nesting birds, despite assumptions that the non-native mammals are impactful. Common Racoon Dog is a small, fox-like canid ...

Here's what else to know about bird flu in Minnesota's dairy cows. What happens to dairy cows infected with bird flu? The most common symptoms in dairy cows include low appetite, reduced milk ...