The U of M Raptor Center says an "irruption" is occurring this winter in the state, meaning non-migratory birds are flying ...

Lawmakers considered the goldfinch. Kids liked the scarlet tanager best. The whole thing took more than three decades.

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 [email protected].

Officials urged residents of the Chicago area not to touch -- or let their pets touch -- dead or sick birds as a bird flu ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count — GBBC — will begin again ... some winters we observe eruptions of owls and finches across northern Minnesota. Such phenomena are interesting and sometimes ...

Wolverine Packing is Red Cow's meat distributor and Double Black Diamond prepares and sells the product, according to the lawsuit. It follows outbreak in November, when at least 20 E. coli cases were ...

With $1.267 million in funding approved by Governor Tim Walz on Jan. 3, researchers from the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary ... highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as “bird ...

Samples from each of Minnesota's 1,625 permitted dairy farms will undergo testing once a month for H5N1, the virus commonly known as bird flu. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

According to the FDA, Red 3 was banned because of the Delaney Clause, which prohibits the approval of color additives that cause cancer in either humans or animals. Joanne Slavin, a food science and ...

The migrant seeks commonality, some memory of home. Perhaps early European migrants to America saw our native, red-breasted birds as similar to robins of European homelands, thus using a name ...