I saw the first greater sandhill cranes of the year, 16 of them in the Burton area of Madison County. They dropped in along ...

Swans around the world have been admired for centuries. Of seven species known worldwide, only two native species are ...

the mute swan and the tundra swan (sometimes known as the whistling swan). Trumpeter swans almost went extinct during the early 1900s—fewer than 100 were in the Lower 48 at one point.

Birdwatchers watched in horror last January as the hunter shot and killed a Tundra Swan as it swam with its mate. Several bird watchers had gathered on the shore to see and photograph the swans ...