A single black swan has taken up residency at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, 13 miles southwest of downtown Portland.The avian celebrity has captured the attention of bird enthusiasts ...

A black swan is shown on the water at Tichigan Lake north of Waterford, where area residents and visitors have enjoyed speculating this summer on where the rare bird came from. Photo courtesy ...

A study of bird populations in the British Isles in 2012 found there were just 37 confirmed nesting pairs of black swans in the country. In Dawlish in Devon, the bird has become a symbol of the town.

A one-of-a-kind swan found with its body "riddled with pellets" is recovering after a chance encounter in a no-shoot conservation area in Tasmania's Great Lakes area.

One of Australia’s best-loved birds is also an important symbol in modern culture, having lent its name to a famous book, The Black Swan by scholar Nassim Nicholas Taleb, which was in 2007 ranked by ...