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 ...

Aren’t loons a northern bird often considered to be an icon of the north woods? So why the common loon for a Texas Master Naturalist article? Because each winter they migrate south, sometimes flying ...

One of two common loons observed riding the waves near Matagorda Beach on Jan. 25. Gulf Coast Bird Observatory is continuing to survey for nonbreeding shorebirds along the Upper Texas Coast this ...

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 ...

SENEY, MI - The loon love triangle at this Michigan wildlife refuge in the Upper Peninsula took another turn in recent days, making this web-footed drama pretty close to a waterfowl reality show. The ...