Trumpeter swans are making a comeback in Iowa. The birds attempted a modern-day record of 158 nests in 2025, which is an ...

Towering, snow-white, and impossibly elegant, this is the largest waterfowl in the world, a bird so impressive it seems ...

The Ohio Wildlife Council has voted to remove the trumpeter swan from the state’s threatened species list following a 28-year effort by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to restore the ...

In 2025, Iowa’s trumpeter swans attempted a record 158 nests. Native to Iowa, and the state’s largest waterfowl to boot, ...

The large white birds are native to Iowa but the population was decimated by the late 1800s. However, the birds had a ...

Iowa’s trumpeter swan population had nearly 160 nests in 2025, a modern-day record the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says is indicative of a conservation success story. Trumpeter swans are ...

Iowa trumpeter swans attempted a modern-day record 158 nests in 2025, which the DNR said was a 17% increase since 2022. The department used data from the most recent survey completion, which took ...

JOHNSTON, Iowa — Since January, Iowa Bird Rehabilitation (IBR) says dozens of trumpeter swans have died from lead poisoning. IBR, a nonprofit organization that steps in to rescue, rehabilitate and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium announced the loss of one of its birds. Mabel, a trumpeter swan who had been at the zoo for five years, passed away at 13 years old due to ...

When Carrol Henderson interviewed in 1977 for a new job in state government — to head the Nongame Wildlife Program with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) — he asked about the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25, 2024 (ENS) – Ohio is celebrating the recovery of the state’s trumpeter swans as a conservation success story. The Ohio Wildlife Council, an eight-member, bipartisan group of ...