outdoors

Despite the American crow's reputation as a marauding crop-damaging, nest-robbing egg thief, I can think of few other native birds more adaptable and widespread. Here's a bird that's as at home in the Deep South as it is in the "Bold North" in both its rural and urban habitats. American...

ST. PAUL—Minnesota livestock regulators are not doing all they could to protect deer and elk from disease, a state audit shows. "We found that the Board of Animal Health has failed to enforce some laws relating to deer and elk farms," the Office of the Legislative Auditor wrote...

BEMIDJI -- The Bemidji Parks and Recreation Department will host the Light Up the Lake 5K on Saturday, June 9, beginning at South Shore Park. Registration will begin at 8 a.m., with the race beginning at 9 a.m. Those who pre-register by Wednesday, May 23, will be guaranteed a T-shirt...