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    December 7, 2018
    A juvenile Hawaiian monk seal was found with a spotted eel in its nose at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands this past summer. NOAA Fisheries/Brittany Dolan.
    'Make better choices': Endangered Hawaiian monk seals keep getting eels stuck up their noses and scientists want them to stop
    A relaxed-looking juvenile Hawaiian monk seal lounges near a sandy white beach on some green foliage. Its eyes are half-closed and it has a serene...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 7, 2018 - 11:51am
    December 6, 2018
    Buckfast honey bees gather on a beehive in Merango, Ill., on Sept. 10, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    World's first honey bee vaccine seeks to save dying pollinators
    A growing number of honey bees die each year due to pesticides, vanishing habitats, poor nutrition and climate change, with potentially disastrous...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 6, 2018 - 9:46am
    December 5, 2018
    Smokestacks and cooling towers emit smoke and water vapor at the RWE AG owned coal-fired power station Neurath near Bergheim, Germany. Bloomberg photo by Wolfgang von Brauchitsch
    'We are in trouble.' Global carbon emissions reached record high in 2018
    Global emissions of carbon dioxide have reached the highest levels on record, scientists projected Wednesday, in the latest evidence of the chasm...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 5, 2018 - 3:22pm
    t2018 -- submitted -- 120618.N.DNT.BiggestjackpineC3 -- An image of GPS tracking of multiple wolves in six different packs around Voyageurs National Park shows how much the wolf packs avoid each other's range. Image courtesy of Thomas Gableplay button
    Voyageurs National Park wolves eating beaver and blueberries, but not moose
    When they aren't identifying record large trees in the forest, Thomas Gable and Austin Homkes' day job is wolf research, trying to untangle...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 5, 2018 - 1:37pm
    Wildlife researcher Austin Homkes, who studies the relationship between wolves and beavers in Voyageurs National Park, stands next to a giant jack pine that turned out to be the largest living jack pine measured in the U.S. The tree, located along Namakan Lake in the park, is now the official national jack pine "champion tree." Photo courtesy Thomas Gable.
    Largest jack pine in US confirmed in Voyageurs Park
    Jack pine often don't get much respect. The sometimes scraggly, usually not-too-tall pine trees often lag behind their bigger cousins, the white...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 5, 2018 - 1:32pm
    December 4, 2018
    The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder punctuates a scene of layered clouds and reflections on Lake Superior in October 2014. (News Tribune file photo)
    Lake Superior November decline near normal
    The level of Lake Superior dropped about 2.4 inches in November, just about the normal amount for the month, according to the International...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 4, 2018 - 2:20pm
    December 2, 2018
    Shortage of shingles vaccine expected to continue through 2019, St. Luke’s pharmacist says
    If you're older than 50 and you've ever had the chickenpox, the good news is that the latest vaccine against shingles is very effective. The...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 2, 2018 - 3:19pm
    November 30, 2018
    A map locating Anchorage, Alaska.
    'Major' damage after magnitude-7 earthquake in Alaska
    The Anchorage Police Department said there was "major infrastructure damage" across the city, which is home to more than 294,000 people.
    news/science-and-natureNovember 30, 2018 - 4:16pm
    November 29, 2018
    Urgent warnings for Minnesota in US climate report
    Climate change is already wreaking havoc in Minnesota — from making people sicker to threatening the wild rice crop. That's according to the latest National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated report released last Friday. Thirteen federal agencies worked on the document,...
    news/science-and-natureNovember 29, 2018 - 5:50pm
    November 27, 2018
    Minnesota conservation officer-in-training Leah Kampa and conservation officer Kipp Duncan wrestled with a deer in a basement last week to move it outside the house. Duncan is currently working in plain clothes to watch Kampa interact with people without a second uniformed officer nearby. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com
    Wardens wrestle deer that crashed into basement
    The call came over their patrol truck radio just before 4 p.m. There was a deer in a house. In a basement, to be exact, and the owners were...
    news/science-and-natureNovember 27, 2018 - 5:05pm
    November 26, 2018
    This image, taken at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colo., shows several of the critical landing systems of the InSight Mars lander, including the thrusters, lander legs and science deck. NASA/Lockheed Martin.
    'Flawless': NASA's InSight explorer lands safely on Mars
    The InSight lander, operated by NASA, was built by scientists in the U.S., France and Germany.
    news/science-and-natureNovember 26, 2018 - 8:41pm
    November 23, 2018
    Svetlana Vold of Minneapolis takes a selfie on the swinging bridge at Jay Cooke State Park on Friday afternoon. It was a free day at state parks and many people took advantage to get out and enjoy the scenes and warm weather. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
    Free admission makes Jay Cooke State Park an attractive alternative to shopping
    'Twas the day after Thanksgiving And all through the stores The shoppers were surging Seeking bargains galore But not Sharon Grostephan of...
    news/science-and-natureNovember 23, 2018 - 5:37pm
    President Donald Trump speaks with Gavin Newsom, left, California's governor-elect, as they toured fire-ravaged homes in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 17, 2018. As the death toll from California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire continued to rise, Trump toured the area alongside two of his vocal critics. (Tom Brenner/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Major Trump administration climate report says damages are 'intensifying across the country'
    Scientists are more certain than ever that climate change is already impacting the United States -- and that it is going to be very expensiv...
    news/science-and-natureNovember 23, 2018 - 3:37pm
    November 20, 2018
    "This is a one-month supply," said Jameson Danielson, who works at the Rural AIDS Action Network in Duluth. He's referring to the boxes of syringes given out free to drug users in the area to help prevent the spread of Hepatitis C from unclean needles and practices. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
    Why hepatitis C is getting younger
    Use of shared needles spreading infection to a different age group, experts say
    news/science-and-natureNovember 20, 2018 - 5:00am
    November 19, 2018
    Photo of a Wombat courtesy of Pexels.
    Scientists stuffed balloons into dead wombats to learn why they poop cubes
    Of all the adaptations that allow our animal brethren to soar through the air or endure the darkness and crushing pressure of the ocean's depths,...
    news/science-and-natureNovember 19, 2018 - 5:15pm
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