Common Loons Prepare for Takeoff 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 ...

Tony Gangemi has captured a variety of subjects in his roughly four decades as a photographer. For the last seven years, his ...

Their plumage is a stunning palette of forest green, black and white, providing them camouflage from predators and unsuspecting prey. By the time the loons arrive in Northeast Ohio in late fall, en ...

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 ...

The national honor bestowed upon the official state bird of Minnesota earlier this month confirms what Minnesotans already know well — just how special the loon is. The common loon is known for its ...

As many as half of Minnesota's bird species — including the loon, the beloved state bird — could disappear because of accelerated climate change. It's not the birds themselves that are endangered, ...