Light pillars illuminate night sky over Canada

What looks like a neat photography trick is a beautiful phenomenon made by Mother Nature.

Pennsylvania hunter dies in tree stand fire despite wife's rescue attempt

In a tragic incident in Pennsylvania, 76-year-old hunter Raymond Seville Jr. lost his life after being unable to escape his tree stand, which caught fire due to a propane heater mishap.

Deer rescued on thin ice by Prior Lake Fire Department

Around 10 a.m. the Prior Lake Fire Department responded to a call about a struggling buck that had fallen through the ice on Pike Lake.

Minnesota hunter downs rare 'unicorn buck' while hunting in Granite Falls

A Madison, Minnesota man shot a rare "unicorn buck", a deer that has three antlers instead of two, the third coming out of the middle of its forehead. 

Beaver Moon: How and when to see November's full Moon

Known as the Beaver Moon, November’s full moon will reach peak illumination early next week.

Watch: Bear ravages car interior while searching for peanut candy

A curious, and most likely hungry, bear destroyed the interior of a parked car after the owners left some Peanut M&M’s inside. 

Earth receives laser beam message from 10 million miles away

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment beamed a near-infrared laser from nearly 10 million miles away to the Hale Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California.

Hawk poses for traffic camera in Minneapolis
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A gorgeous hawk perched right in front of a MnDOT traffic camera on Interstate 94 near Portland Avenue in Minneapolis. This video is looped.

Yellowstone National Park finds 1st case of fatal brain disease after deer carcass tests positive

Yellowstone National Park has confirmed its first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) on Tuesday after a deer carcass in the park tested positive for the highly contagious and fatal brain disease

Watch: 'Wild ice' skaters find breathtaking 'ice window' in Alaska

Spectacular video from an Alaska couple shows the "wild ice" skaters gliding over a frozen lake so clear, it felt more like snorkeling than skating.

Moose fight destroys yard, car in Alaska
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Two moose wrought havoc at a home in Homer, Alaska, getting into a bloody fight that caused significant damage to a woman?s front yard and car. Video taken by Holly Keintz on Oct.15 and Oct. 16 shows the moose fighting and the aftermath the following day. Keintz surveys the property damage exclaiming, ?It looks like a hurricane went through here?.

Minnesota's plant hardiness zones have changed

The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week unveiled an updated plant hardiness zone map — the first update since 2012 — which has changed the hardiness zones for much of Minnesota. 

Plant hardiness zone map updated
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map. FOX 9's Rose Schmidt reports.

Minnesota DNR's EagleCam is returning for the winter

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) popular EagleCam is returning this winter.