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Scientists: Pup births hopeful sign for Isle Royale wolves

Scientists: Pup births hopeful sign for Isle Royale wolves

Scientists say wolf pups have been spotted again at Isle Royale National Park. And that's a hopeful sign for efforts to rebuild a gray wolf population that had nearly died out.
by The Associated Press

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Funky fish: Gar garners protections from Minnesota lawmakers

Funky fish: Gar garners protections from Minnesota lawmakers

The long, slender, toothy and prehistoric-looking fish will, for the first time ever in the state, be protected in ways similar to other gamefish, the result of a bit of an outcry on social media following a series of mass killings that some saw as wantonly wasteful.

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Endangered butterfly gaining momentum in North Dakota

Endangered butterfly gaining momentum in North Dakota

The Dakota skipper was listed as threatened in 2014, meaning it's on the verge of becoming endangered. Habitat loss has depleted the species' population over the past few decades, limiting it to the prairies of North Dakota and select parts of neighboring states and Canadian provinces.

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Firefighters working through challenging conditions to contain wildfire east of Ely

Firefighters working through challenging conditions to contain wildfire east of Ely

Authorities say the largest of several wildfires burning in or near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness didn't grow from Saturday into Sunday — but it's proving to be a very challenging fire to contain.
by MPR News Staff

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Insect experts will change the name of the 'gypsy moth' and 'gypsy ant'

Insect experts will change the name of the 'gypsy moth' and 'gypsy ant'

The largest organization of insect experts in the world is dropping its common names for two insects — the gypsy moth and gypsy ant — because it says the names are inappropriate and offensive.
by James Doubek

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Fires in Boundary Waters prompt campfire ban, some BWCA closures

Fires in Boundary Waters prompt campfire ban, some BWCA closures

Forest Service officials have temporarily banned campfires in the Superior National Forest — including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness — and closed some lakes and access points, as crews monitor four wildfires.
by MPR News Staff

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Colder climates meant bigger bodies for ancient humans

Colder climates meant bigger bodies for ancient humans

Human ancestors got steadily larger over the last 1 million years. Our relatives living in colder places developed bigger bodies, a new study finds.
by Rebecca Hersher

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This 100-year-old ‘small-government conservative’ wants lawmakers to go big on climate

Tom Swain has had a long career, including chief of staff to a Minnesota governor and mayor of a small Minnesota town. Now 100, he still has energy to burn — and he’s putting it into climate change.
by Paul Huttner

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