The common loon is an uncommon bird, one of five loon species sharing a long history, and believed to be most closely related to — wait for it — penguins. The other four loons are Pacific, Arctic, red ...

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 ...

Sep. 18—Minnesota's state bird is under threat, not from predators, but a much smaller foe: lead tackle. "The littlest hook can have a big impact on our ecosystems," said Katelyn Bergstrom, a Clean ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. An error has occurred. Please try again ...

I have love affair with loons began 25 years ago when I sailed to the Georgian Bay from Erie. The voyage is a challenging upwind and up current slog that involves tacking up Lake Erie and into the ...

In breeding plumage, the adult of the European subspecies has a black upper part with some white squares. The head and hindneck are grey, and the sides have white and black stripes. Most of the throat ...

Firefighters captured a common loon from open water on Cross Lake Saturday, Dec. 11, in an attempt to give the state bird a fighting chance to join the rest of its species in a warmer climate. The ...

This may sound crazy to the rest of Montana, but Missoula is no place for loons. So what’s a bird of that feather doing dipping and diving along the south bank of the Clark Fork River the past couple ...

CROSSLAKE — The National Loon Center acquired approximately 6 acres of land with over 2,500 feet of shoreline in Fifty Lakes to protect critical loon nesting habitat. With this purchase, relatively ...

We have featured plenty of different drone designs here on Geeky Gadgets over the years, but this latest drone called the Loon Copter is capable of flying, floating and even diving underwater when ...