An immature male loon whose unfortunate predicament sparked vociferous social media chatter will be returned to the wild.

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 ...

Loon watch: A resort owner lures Minnesota's state bird with man-made nests A loon-loving resort owner experiments with man-made nests, treating herself and her guests to the marvels of Minnesota's ...

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 ...

(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 ...

ANTIGO, Wis. — Our wintry spring has been inconvenient and psychically taxing for many, but for loons in northern Wisconsin it is literally life-threatening. The Raptor Education Group, Inc. (REGI), ...

Loons are crash landing in parts of Wisconsin, including one in a cow pasture. Raptor Education Group screengrab Migrating birds are crash landing in Wisconsin in what officials are calling a “loon ...