A young loon riding on its mother’s back. A new study in Wisconsin shows loon chicks are declining as water clarity worsens due to increased runoff from heavy rains spurred by climate change.

As anglers head back onto the lake this fishing season, a Northwoods rescue group is reminding people a few simple choices ...

MILWAUKEE — In the world of wildlife watching, a "fallout" of birds on spring migration is typically eagerly anticipated by birders. It often occurs as flocks of birds get stalled out on their ...

CROSSLAKE, Minn. (AP) - A researcher trying to understand what's causing a decline in Wisconsin's loon population is expanding his project into Minnesota. Minnesota Pubic Radio reported Wednesday that ...

Despite its name, there’s nothing ordinary about the common loon. For starters, it’s an ancient species – with a wingspan of five feet, and it’s related to the penguin. It’s the only loon nesting in ...

ONEIDA COUNTY (WKOW) — On a remote lake in northern Wisconsin, an unlikely family is defying nature in favor of nurture. A loon pair has adopted a mallard duckling as its chick, despite the two being ...

Dozens of common loons – the mascot bird of the Northwoods – have fallen from the icy, sleeting skies of northern Wisconsin. The “loon fallout” phenomenon across April 19-20 this spring wasn’t just ...

PORTAGE COUNTY, Wis. (WSAW) - Raptor Education Group Inc. in Antigo is warning people in central Wisconsin to watch for loons that may have been forced down by a severe weather pattern that brought ...

RHINELANDER, Wis. — A cascading series of environmental factors pushed by climate change are causing a decline in northern Wisconsin’s loon population and may be limiting loon numbers in Minnesota as ...