A pair of the oldest known common loons in the world have returned to a national wildlife refuge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for the summer, federal officials said. The male, called "ABJ," and the ...

Jul. 30—Around the early 1980s, lakes in Montana began buzzing with the increasing noise of boats and motorized personal watercraft. While people were having fun in the sun, they were unknowingly ...

Q: A group of eight loons, all appearing to be adults, suddenly showed up in late July at our lake in north central Minnesota. They were swimming in a close-knit group, and we’ve never seen anything ...

SENEY, MICHIGAN - ABJ, the world’s oldest common male loon, touched down in the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in Northern Michigan this past weekend, researchers announced. The return of this beloved ...

GERMFASK, MI - Michigan’s best-known wildlife mom has done it again, hatching chicks #43 and #44 last week at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the Upper Peninsula. This makes the loon, known as ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. MAINE — Mainers might not be thinking about summer just yet, but Common ...

Minnesota chose the common loon as its state bird in 1961 because lawmakers and bird experts agreed that no other animal captured the state’s wild, lake-centered identity as clearly as this sleek, red ...

CROSSLAKE — Northern Waters Land Trust and the National Loon Center announced a free summer workshop series, “Share Our Shoreline”, which aims to educate the public about the importance of conserving ...

Since 1983, Mainers have fanned out across lakes and ponds across the state on the third Saturday in July to help count the Common Loon. The results from this summer's 42nd annual loon tally are in, ...

Mainers love their birds and so this summer we are telling you about a different bird each week with the help of Maine Audubon. In this Bird of the Week segment, Maine Audubon's Ethan Hobbs, a loon ...

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 ...