OSAKIS, Minn. — When it comes to birds, Minnesota has the singing part well covered. Mourning doves, cardinals and blue jays are among the songbirds providing the state’s outdoor soundtrack. But this ...

The grebes are avian celebrities. You may not know them, but like human celebrities, you may have seen them on television. They are stars in many nature films. Because they dance. This is part of an ...

Dancing is a time-honored way to find the perfect match (if you’ve ever seen Bridgerton, then you know exactly what we mean). Signing dance cards and waltzing across ballrooms may have fallen out of ...

Tap dancing birds, shuffling spiders, and wiggling honeybees; dancing is not just a human phenomenon. Many types of animals ...

Shallow, marshy areas on Lake Osakis have long been a popular nesting area for western grebes — a bird that winters on the Pacific coast before spreading east to establish a mate, which includes a ...

Minnesota is home to all manner of migratory birds who make stops here to proliferate over spring and summer before returning to wintering grounds far to the south. Of all the species that trek north ...

GRAND FORKS – Six kinds of grebes nest in North Dakota, and I’ve made it a mission to find them all. Actually, I have found them all, but never in a single year. That’s the challenge. I am hoping to ...