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The findings offer some hope that the decades-long decline of teen mental health, especially worsened in the 2022 survey amid the COVID-19 pandemic, could be turning around.

Michelle Raffin's new The Birds of Pandemonium is an impassioned but occasionally jumbled memoir of her adventures in the noisy, smelly, exhausting, rewarding world of rare bird conservation.

Early Bird Fishing Guide Jeff Sundin talks with Brainerd native and Alaska fishing guide Keith Holtan about ice fishing conditions, new laws and gifts for anglers.

“The Story Tree: Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?” is scheduled for 10-10:45 a.m. Thursday, May 4, and Saturday, May 6, in the Visitor Center.

Plus: Dr. Johnna Nynas, OB-GYN at Sanford Bemidji, was recently recognized by CNN's Champions for Change program; and advocates say Minnesota's mental health crisis is complicating efforts to manage mental health facilities.

According to a news release, Keri Heintzeman said she plans to prioritize face-to-face conversations with voters through door-knocking efforts before the election.

Hoffman, president of Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College, discusses a commitment to diversity and enrollment growth after enrollment declines since 2019 blamed for numerous budget cuts.

Northern Minnesota schools face budget shortfalls caused by declining enrollment and insufficient state funding. Some districts found relief after voters approved additional local levies.

Pam Perry, retired DNR non-game wildlife biologist, joined KAXE staff phenologist John Latimer and Heidi Holtan to talk about warblers, pelicans, and the Merlin birding app.

This week, the Early Bird Fishing Guide talked about spring ice fishing, ice-out predictions and the MN-FISH Angler's Summit happening March 27, 2025, in Grand Rapids.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of Jan. 16, 2024.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, animal behaviors, weather patterns and other wonders.

Whether it's a common sparrow or a rare warbler, it's a human instinct to watch birds. At least, that's the premise of Jonathan Rosen's new book, The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature, which explores the relationship between humans and birds.

Plus: Prosecutors are declining to move forward with a case after alleging a federal officer was assaulted in Virginia; and hundreds gathered at a vigil Jan. 24, 2025, outside the Crow Wing County Jail.

Andrew Bird ruminates on a line from Joan Didion's 1968 essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

In their fast-approaching fall migration, birds will face numerous obstacles as they head south. Nighttime fliers can get confused by all the urban lights and crash into skyscrapers. In Chicago, a group called the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors has partnered with doormen and building managers to help the birds flying south.

The judge further ruled that evidence gathered as part of a driving-while-intoxicated investigation will remain in the case record and scheduled a plea hearing.

In this month’s edition of Mark Jacobs’ Decline of Native Pollinators series, Jessica Petersen shares her insights on specialist bees. Petersen is an invertebrate ecologist from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

In this month’s edition of KAXE’s series on the decline of native pollinators, Elaine Evans from the Minnesota Bee Atlas discusses abstract art, beneficial plant species and the seasonal cycle of bumblebees.

Andrew Bird's music has been defying description for years. "I sort of play with words and ideas, and they eventually kind of find their way into the nooks and crannies of the melodies," Bird says.