Outer Banks Voice The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge beckons wildlife and nature lovers year-round. But fall and winter offer experiences that are not to be missed.

A silent but formidable threat is spreading across Northern California’s wetlands. The mute swan, a striking white bird once ...

Kobuk Valley National Park is one of Alaska’s wildest places, home to caribou herds, brown bears, wolves, wolverines, and ...

Powell River Orphaned Wildlife Society (PROWLS) founder Merrilee Prior and team have been busy rescuing many injured owls this past month, usually after colliding with a vehicle after dark. However, a ...

MADISON (WKOW) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is urging hunters to distinguish swans from other waterfowl this hunting season. All wild swans are protected in Wisconsin, making ...

The picturesque “wedding swan” can now be legally shot in California year-round. Related Articles What California’s big, gross elephant seals can teach us about life Should Cupertino neighbors eat ...

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Tundra swans — at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost 6 feet — are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of Alaska. Not too long ago, Alaska scientists discovered more about where the ...

Compared with the steep bluffs of the Driftless region or the north woods' towering pines, you may not think of wetlands as Wisconsin's most spectacular landscape. But these transitional places where ...

Sightings of tundra swans, some in flocks of 100 or more, were reported in Manitowoc County. The Lakeshore Ducks Unlimited banquet will be April 23 at City Limits. Reedsville Sportsman Club will host ...

Snow geese fly above Freezout Lake in Choteau, Montana during their yearly migration north. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Leah Guttman, a Whitefish resident, holds a snow geese feather at Freezout ...

One of my favorite things to hear is a flock of Tundra Swans flying over my house as they head either south in the early winter or north in the spring. They are noisy in flight and when you first hear ...