Pam Perry didn’t need a DNR education to know the importance of the common loon to Minnesotans. Perry, DNR nongame wildlife lake specialist in the Brainerd area, grew up around the sights and sounds ...

To heft their bodies into the air, loons need a long runway, much like an airplane getting ready for a flight. These loons require as much as 600 feet of open water to eventually get into the air. Did ...

The Adirondacks' beloved icon, the Common Loon, has left for its winter home on the Atlantic coast. Loons have enjoyed unprecedented population... Dec 17, 2012 — The Adirondacks' beloved icon, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

One could easily believe a raft of loons showed up Saturday in Crosslake Town Square while contestants used their hands and vocal changes to replicate the eerie, iconic sounds. Kelsey Soby of Plymouth ...