Loons are water birds with wolf-like calls and incredible diving skills. Learn about the five species, their habitats and why ...

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 ...

Flying above Channel Lake, a large, white bird with a 10-foot wingspan and a huge orange throat pouch commands the sky. Three more fly in tandem like the Blue Angels a little farther away, while ...

Minnesota chose the common loon as its state bird in 1961 because lawmakers and bird experts agreed that no other animal ...

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 ...