SACRAMENTO - State legislation signed into law earlier this month will allow invasive mute swans to be taken or possessed at any time by those with a valid California hunting license beginning Jan. 1, ...

The picturesque “wedding swan” can now be legally shot in California year-round, without a license. Under a bill signed into law this month by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the mute swan has been added to the ...

But mute swans are also a non-native species, and despite the emphasis the state Department of Environmental Conservation places on invasive species, the agency — aside from conducting mid-summer ...

Maryland's majestic white mute swans have dwindled in number from 4,000 to just a few hundred, and a sharply divided state panel recommended yesterday that the invasive species be eliminated to ...

Animal rights activists are targeting the Genoa Township Board of Trustee's Monday meeting to protest what they contend is a planned "swan massacre." Noting that the birds — an invasive species in ...

Kathryn Burton tells me that mute swans have been around for 10,000 years. John White, leader of the ill-fated Roanoke colony, made drawings that clearly show mute swans in North Carolina, Burton says ...

Maryland mute swans lost in court. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected an argument by the Humane Society that asked to overturn a 2004 District of Columbia Circuit Court ...

Some residents in a small Ocean County neighborhood are rallying together to stop the government from trapping and killing a swan that has been deemed overly aggressive by the United States Department ...

The cluster of swans frequently found at the West Haven boat launch has over decades become part of the coastline's character and entertained a faithful fan base that flocks to the site with bread ...