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Warm spring brings loons back to MN early
Transmitter data confirm that the unusually warm spring is bringing loons back to Minnesota almost three weeks earlier than usual.
Salties bring no new invaders to Great Lakes, thanks to 'swish and spit' process
The first saltwater ship of the 2012 season left the Twin Ports last week with a load of wheat bound for Belgium, and there's some good news on what the Arubaborg probably did not leave behind. Invasive species.
The Week in Commentary
A summary of this week's commentaries and a sampling of the comments they provoked.
Photos: The emperor penguins of Antarctica from space
Researchers from the University of Minnesota's Polar Geospatial Center have co-authored new research with partners from the British Antarctic Survey that shows there are twice as many emperor penguins in the Antarctic than scientists previously thought -- using satellite technology.