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 ...

In winter, about 10 phone calls a day come into the Audubon Center at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, near Alton, from folks hoping to see swans. “Some days, it’s nonstop,” says the center’s ...

ST. LOUIS — Trumpeter swans are back at the Audubon Center Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary near the Alton Bridge. According to Patricia Lueders, volunteer coordinator of the Great Rivers Trumpeter ...

Anyone who’s perused valentines or romantic greeting cards has probably seen illustrations of swan pairs almost beak to beak, necks elegantly curved to form the shape of a heart. They’re known to mate ...

Nearly three decades ago on a chill, still December afternoon, I watched three majestic trumpeter swans touch down in a Chesapeake salt marsh. It was a sight that had not been seen on the Bay for ...

There’s good news and bad news when it comes to endangered species in Michigan. The bad news is there are 407 species in danger. The good news is 36 species have been removed from the list, including ...

ST. PAUL — This swan doesn't have a name, but you wouldn't be wrong calling him "Lucky." In late October, a hunter in the Fish Lake Wildlife Area south of Grantsburg, Wis., found a trumpeter swan ...

All Utah swan hunters will likely be required to take a bird-identification course starting next year because too often they are shooting rare trumpeter swans. For the third year in a row, Utah’s swan ...