For those that have spent time on the many lakes of the northern United States and Canada, a loon's call is one of those magical sounds that can put a chill down your spine. The good news for ...

Their plumage is a stunning palette of forest green, black and white, providing them camouflage from predators and unsuspecting prey. By the time the loons arrive in Northeast Ohio in late fall, en ...

The national honor bestowed upon the official state bird of Minnesota earlier this month confirms what Minnesotans already know well — just how special the loon is. The common loon is known for its ...

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 lonely loon landed last month on a small suburban Virginia pond in a residential neighborhood, then it got stranded. For weeks, a group of strangers came together online and in person to develop a ...