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Science panel: Get ready, global warming means more wild weather
"We need to be worried," said one of the study's lead authors, Maarten van Aalst, director of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre in the Netherlands. "And our response needs to anticipate disasters and reduce risk before they happen.
State wildlife officials are warning deer hunters to keep an eye out for a cougar roaming west-central and northern Wisconsin.
The U.S. House has approved a bill that would set a national policy for cleansing ship ballast water to kill invasive species and prohibit states from imposing tougher requirements.
Minn. farmer pleads guilty to destroying pelicans
A Minnesota farmer has pleaded guilty to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act after he was accused of destroying hundreds of federally protected white pelican chicks.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture on Tuesday confirmed the brown marmorated stink bug has been found in Plymouth, a Twin Cities suburb. It's the first time the invasive pest has been found in Hennepin County.