The sun was shining Saturday morning, for the first time in several days. When I stepped outside, I heard tundra swans and common snipe. These are two of the signature sounds of spring on the northern ...

A new captive male swan, right, joined Ginger, a female swan, left, in late January at the Hurstville Interpretive Center near Maquoketa, Iowa. Jackson County Conservation staff hopes the birds will ...

Bringing in huge, hostile swans to chase away smaller, gentler geese does not have the ring of brilliance to it. It sounds a little like using poison toads to counter a plague of frogs, bees to drive ...

FRUITPORT — A 23-year-old Fruitport man has been charged with a misdemeanor for killing a male swan protected by state law in front of a crowd of witnesses during Fruitport Old-Fashioned Days.

SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP -- On the typically quiet waters of Lake Valhalla near East Stroudsburg, there's a hunting issue that's making some noise after a local hunter shot and killed a male swan that had ...