The haunting calls of the Common Loon will get your attention. Described as "low, melancholy yodeling or wailing cries" by ...

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 ...

A migratory diver of the loon family, the common loon (Gavia immer) has been important to people living in the Great Lakes region for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. MinnPost’s journalists are ...

This column has a soundtrack, and you might know the one. Imagine yourself in the North Woods on a summer night, next to a clear, quiet lake. Now listen for the haunting calls of a common loon ...

An elusive, black-and-white waterbird known for its eerie, echoing call is passing through northeastern Utah this month, offering ...

It’s called the common loon, but this agile water bird known for its mournful cry is anything but common in our corner of America. In summers of long ago, loons raised their chicks in lakes as far ...

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.