The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday. (05/14/2008)

China and Myanmar are reeling from recent natural disasters. International relations professor Roy Grow of Carleton College joins Midday to discuss China's powerful 7.9 earthquake, the cyclone that wiped out Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta and how the devastated countries are working toward recovery. (Midday, 05/14/2008)

Visitors to Voyageurs National Park and other national parks would be allowed to carry concealed handguns, under a proposal from the U.S. Interior Department. (05/14/2008)

A Minnesota company wants to build an ethanol plant in Eyota, a tiny suburb of Rochester. (05/13/2008)

New discoveries narrow the investigation into Duluth harbor rust. Aggressive corrosion, discovered just a couple of years ago, has caused extensive damage below the water line. (05/12/2008)

A million anglers are expected to head out for Saturday's fishing opener, but catching a walleye may be more challenging this year. The cold spring has delayed walleye spawning, and some northern Minnesota lakes are still frozen solid. (05/09/2008)

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is reminding anglers that the toxic metal lead can harm the nervous and reproductive systems of mammals and birds. The agency encourages fishermen to switch to lead-free fishing tackle. (05/08/2008)

Spring's late arrival has created conditions that have led to the starvation death of some songbirds. (05/08/2008)

About 40 people met at the University of Minnesota Tuesday to discuss the state of knowledge about how much ethanol and biodiesel can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (05/07/2008)

A new production at the History Theatre in St. Paul brings to life the story of some very courageous women called the Radium Girls, and their important role in U.S. labor history. (05/07/2008)

The water level of Lake Superior is inching its way back up. (05/06/2008)

Browns Valley has reached a deal with a local farm family to buy land along the Little Minnesota River. The 110 acres are needed for a project to control flooding. (05/06/2008)

Snails and several parasites are killing thousands of ducks each year on the Mississippi River. (05/06/2008)

High prices for scrap steel have helped push a widespread cleanup of the Minnesota landscape this spring. (05/05/2008)

An overnight snowfall complicated but did not stop a major reforestation project along the Gunflint Trail in northeastern Minnesota. (05/03/2008)