Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Wyoming’s small population of about 50 common loons is related to those found in Alberta, ...

The feathered soap opera playing out on a wildlife refuge in Northern Michigan has started up for another season.

OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking the public for information about two adult common loons and their chicks that were found shot and killed near Beaver ...

A common loon flaps its wings, which are short in comparison to its body size. Loons' small wings require them to get a running start to fly, according to Montana Loon Society President Lynn Kelly.

The loons, ABJ and Fe, have hatched 32 chicks during their quarter century-long partnership. Celebrating 25 years of a relationship is a big milestone, and it’s an even bigger deal for a pair of ...

To heft their bodies into the air, loons need a long runway, much like an airplane getting ready for a flight. These loons require as much as 600 feet of open water to eventually get into the air. Did ...

Fe (pictured with her mate) hatched two chicks this breeding season, bringing the total number of her known offspring to 42. Dani Fegan / Seney National Wildlife Refuge via Facebook The soap opera ...

Across the sunset stillness of a deserted northern lake, the unearthly wail of the common loon completed a lifetime memory. Loons were calling and the water was like glass. I was scuba diving in Lake ...

The population of a beloved Maine bird, the common loon, dipped for the second straight year, but wildlife surveyors said they are heartened by an increased number of the bird's chicks.Maine has the ...

CHESAW, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is investigating an incident where two adult common loons and their chicks were shot. WDFW said the common loons were shot by ...