Few birding experiences rival hearing the haunting call of the loon or seeing them glide by in protected coves on a lake.

The Cass County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will have a table at the July 22 Hackensack Children’s Fishing Contest with information concerning the effect of lead fishing tackle ...

On Fourth of July weekend, in the most highly trafficked part of Squam Lake, a young couple out for a boat ride came “super-close to hitting a small black thing” bobbing near Moon Island. Closer ...

Dr. Nina Schoch plans to expand wildlife health research, training opportunities in the Adirondacks with a new project.

Common loons (Gavia immer) are typically loners. These large birds are easy to recognize and look rather regal floating on the water solo. They can be over 2 feet long and have elegant, black-and ...

Dec. 23—Biologists rescued two iced-in loons from Horace Lake in Weare and Franklin Pierce Lake in Antrim recently. Loons need up to a quarter of a mile runway of open water on a calm day to ...

In every corner of Minnesota, there are good stories waiting to be told of places that make our state great and people who in Walt Whitman’s words “contribute a verse” each day. That’s the theme of ...

Lead also is used for fishing weights. Earlier this month, a migratory loon that died after swallowing a single lead sinker washed up on a beach in Glencoe.

Bringing all fishing line home helps prevent loons from becoming entangled, which can lead to death for loons. Eric Hanson, biologist with the Vermont Loon Conservation Project and Vermont Center for ...