Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 18—Minnesota's state bird is under threat, not from predators, but a much smaller foe: lead tackle. "The littlest hook can ...

Across the sunset stillness of a deserted northern lake, the unearthly wail of the common loon completed a lifetime memory. Loons were calling and the water was like glass. I was scuba diving in Lake ...

The common loon is an uncommon bird, one of five loon species sharing a long history, and believed to be most closely related to — wait for it — penguins. The other four loons are Pacific, Arctic, red ...

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Driving south from St. John’s, Newfoundland, on pot-holed highway 10, I came to the reservoir that serves as the water supply for the area. The Atlantic Ocean was little more than a stone’s-throw to ...