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 ...

America was a nation without a National Loon Day. Until Larissa Loden made one. The loon is everywhere in Minnesota — in the lakes, on the state seal, celebrated through art, statues, tattoos and ...

Minnesota chose the common loon as its state bird in 1961 because lawmakers and bird experts agreed that no other animal captured the state’s wild, lake-centered identity as clearly as this sleek, red ...

GANSEVOORT — Common loons are the most striking creature of Adirondack Park lore. Its haunting, drawn-out wails are synonymous with the Park’s lakes. Black and white speckling and red dots resembling ...

Jul. 30—Around the early 1980s, lakes in Montana began buzzing with the increasing noise of boats and motorized personal watercraft. While people were having fun in the sun, they were unknowingly ...

The first ever National Loon Day will be celebrated this Friday.

Achieving takeoff requires a clear aquatic runway measuring nearly 1 football field in length. The 12-pound weight and specific foot placement make terrestrial movement almost impossible.

A common loon flaps its wings, which are short in comparison to its body size. Loons' small wings require them to get a running start to fly, according to Montana Loon Society President Lynn Kelly.