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Double cat's eyes in the skies

Tom Behrens, head of Mayo Clinic's facilities unit, releases Orton, a nesting Peregrine Falcon that lives atop a Mayo Clinic building Friday.
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Orton back in the wild ... of downtown Rochester

An adult European chafer beetle, left, next to Japanese beetle adult. Minnesota’s first European chafer beetle sighting was reported by a south Minneapolis resident after they noticed large swarms of beetles in their yard. The adult beetles are about a half-inch long, tan-colored and closely resemble a june bug. Officials with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed the report and stated in a news release that “home lawns, golf courses, and turf growers are at great risk if the European chafer beetle becomes established in Minnesota.” The beetle was discovered in the United States in 1940 in New York state and is currently found in the northeastern U. S., as well as Michigan and Wisconsin. (Courtesy of Bruce Watt / University of Maine)
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Lawn-damaging beetle found for first time in Minnesota

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Short on time? Try thyme.

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Plan ahead for Perseid meteor shower Wednesday

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Cedar River watershed is flexing its mussels

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Three bright planets and a reliable meteor shower

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover vehicle takes off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. July 30. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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NASA's new Mars rover launches from Florida to seek signs of past life

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Urban homesteading builds resilience in the city

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Watch the Jupiter and Saturn show

English sundew, one of 15 carnivorous plants in Wisconsin, was re-discovered in Ashland County for the first time in 40 years. (Photo courtesy Sarah Johnson)
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Rare carnivorous plant found in NW Wisconsin

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A World of difference: Strawberry farm built habitat for some live-in help

An illustrated construction of the new marsupial species Copedelphys superstes by North Dakota Geological Survey staff member Becky Barnes. / Special to the Forum
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New marsupial species discovered in ND's Brule Formation

Researchers last summer fitted 19 trumpeter swans in Minnesota and Michigan with GPS tracking collars and will add 75 more swans to the research project this summer, hoping to find out more about swan migrations, movements and behavior. Contributed photo.
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Back from the brink, still much unknown about trumpeter swans

Comet NEOWISE cuts a beautiful curve on July 11 at 4 a.m. local time near Duluth, Minn. Theta Aurigae shines at upper right. (Bob King / Duluth News-Tribune)
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When's the best time to see Comet NEOWISE pass by? (Next chance is in 6,800 years)

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Comet NEOWISE is the real deal

In this photo submitted by Gregory Gilman of Rochester, comet NEOWISE is seen.
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Look up in the sky! It's comet NEOWISE

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Ticks suck, tuck your socks

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Invasive beetle that damages lilies found in St. Paul

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Hercules: A summer constellation, and a big-time star cluster

An adult peregrine falcon flies overhead as its chick named Blizzard is removed from a nesting box to be banded as part of the Mayo Clinic peregrine falcon program on top of the Mayo Building Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in downtown Rochester.
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Mayo Clinic falcon found injured