For the first time in 24 years, the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation counted more than 1,000 of the beloved aquatic birds during its annual loon census. Common loons are best known for their ...

CATSKILL - Known for their brilliant black and white markings, red eyes and unmistakable call, loons are an evolutionary masterpiece. Except when it comes to walking. Built for swimming and diving, ...

Bill Gassman has run the loon cam for about a decade, spending his spring and summer giving viewers a look at the private lives of loons. On a busy day, the corner of YouTube run by the New ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Loons are on the mend in Maine, filling more of the state’s lakes and ponds with their haunting calls, although conservations say the birds aren’t out of the woods yet. Maine is ...

Minnesotans love loons. With eerie calls that float through the air on summer evenings, red eyes, sharp beaks and an impressive ability to swim underwater, loons capture our hearts and ...

It's peak summer on Minnesota's Gull Lake Chain. Boats are buzzing, jet skis slicing and loons are calling. "So it sounds like a territorial challenge that's starting," said Sheila Johnston, listening ...

Alert readers of the print edition noticed a puzzling photo caption in my last column. When writing about gull identification it’s a good idea to identify the gulls in the photo properly. And I didn’t ...

MINNESOTA, USA — "Imagine now, a clear summer evening in the north woods. Above you, the bands of the Milky Way framed by the dark spindly boughs of spruce and fir. And cutting though the stillness ...

(Reuters) - Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous waters off Antarctica. Thanks to a nearly complete fossil ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Loons are on the mend in Maine, filling more of the state's lakes and ponds with their haunting calls, although conservationists say the birds aren't out of the woods yet. Maine is ...