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NPR's Richard Harris reports that researchers have determined that the way birds navigate is much more complicated than previously believed. Researchers had thought that birds used the stars to navigate and used the Earth's magnetic field as a back-up. New research indicates birds use the stars to get a general sense of where they are going, and the magnetic field to hone in their exact target.

Out west, Commentator Bill Harley witnessed the spectacular awaken of hundreds of birds as they rise at dawn in a vast nature preserve. It was a pretty picture, until Bill opened his car door, disturbing the scene to the chagrin of bird watchers.

Northern Minnesota schools like Grygla and Lake of the Woods face budget shortfalls caused by declining enrollment and insufficient state funding.

Travis Zimmerman and his illustrator cousin, Sam Zimmerman, turned one of their grandmother's recorded stories into a book: “How the Birds Got Their Songs."

In May, Charlie Mitchell looks for marsh marigolds, multicolored treetops and migrating birds. No expertise is needed to enjoy nature and phenology — just curiosity!

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After careful study of preserved specimens and observing individual birds in the wild, Dr. Bob Kennedy of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science has identified a new species of bird. Lina's (LEE-nuhz) sunbird is a brightly colored bird that lives in an isolated region on the Phillipine island of Mindanao (MIN-duh-now). Noah talks with Dr. Kennedy about his expeditions to the Phillipines, and the process of capturing and preparing specimens.

Our favorite retired non-game wildlife biologist is broadly knowledgeable about Minnesota's environment and particularly excited about birds, reptiles and amphibians.

A wandering Gray-crowned Rosy-finch has found its way to a feeder at a Lake Winnie resort. Typically, these birds are found in the mountains of the West.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of Sept. 10, 2024.

Pam Perry, our favorite retired non-game wildlife biologist, stops by each month to talk about Minnesota phenology with our staff phenologist, John Latimer.

As of April, there have been 70 confirmed human cases in the U.S., with the first reported death in January of this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Andrew Bird makes the kind of music that leaves critics groping for labels. A classically trained violinist, former swing jazz musician and now art rock virtuoso, Bird is one of the most imaginative and distinctive voices making music today. Hear Bird in a full concert, recorded live from Washington, D.C.

Retired DNR biologist Pam Perry joins the "KAXE Morning Show" on Feb. 11, 2025, to discuss frozen frogs and the decline of Evening Grosbeaks.

Suzanne Thomas, 67, is accused of using undue influence over a relative with a declining mental state to acquire $1.5 million in real estate.

Birds are everywhere, but the greatest concentration of different birds — the "bird mecca" of America — is not in our great parks, not in our forests, not where you'd suppose. Not at all.

During the Phenology Report for the week of April 29, Staff Phenologist John Latimer covers bud break, incoming and outgoing birds, eagles nesting and more.