PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- The beloved loon is the focus of a new conservation program. The Minnesota Loon Restoration Project is targeting an eight-county area, which includes Hubbard, Becker, Beltrami, ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Loon lovers from around the world are cheering for “Gilligan,” a young loon who is still swimming in open water on the Crow Wing chain of lakes, near Nevis, Minnesota, weeks after ...

PALO — For 87 years, people have gathered at the Loon Lake Community Center to celebrate the beginning of Lent and sled down a big hill together. It's all part of the annual Laskiainen, a Finnish ...

Debbie Center normally paints loons but for the past few weeks she's been more focused on rescuing the subject of her artwork in a saga followed by thousands of lovers of Minnesota's state bird.

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Biologists took a midnight cruise on a northern Minnesota lake to help a loon in distress. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says a biologist with the U.S. Geological ...

DULUTH — A citizen science effort that began 30 years ago and has accumulated reams of data on Minnesota's loon population still needs more volunteers to check for loons on northern lakes this summer.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- People from all over the world are rooting for "Gilligan, "a young loon who is still swimming in open water on the Crow Wing chain of lakes, near Nevis, just weeks after other ...

GRAND RAPIDS — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding anglers to retrieve as much of their broken-off fishing line as possible after an incident with a loon. Biologists for the DNR ...

CROSSLAKE — The National Loon Center in Crosslake recently announced that U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith each requested that a Senate appropriations subcommittee designate $1,700,000 in ...

A loon is stuck, surrounded by ice on a lake in north central Nevis, Minn. Resident Debbie Center has been documenting the loon on Facebook since Dec. 4, 2021 with many fellow loon lovers eager to ...

Q: I recently found a loon egg on the shore in front of our cabin, which is strange, because the loon nest is located on the other end of the lake. Any thoughts? A: It's a shame about the loon egg, ...

When it comes to Minnesota’s state seal, members of a state emblems commission couldn’t resist the call of the loon. The state bird won over the commission and now will be centered on Minnesota’s ...