Police are investigating after a cygnet was believed to have been shot with a ball bearing projectile in a Northumberland ...

The UK's chief veterinary officer calls for "robust biosecurity" after the virus is detected.

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. Under a bill signed into law this month by ...

In early morning at Little Swamp Sanctuary in western Midland County, we can see the far shore of the wetland, almost one half mile away, through a path of trimmed open space where we have a seep or ...

All around the house, blackbirds sing at the crack of dawn, the flock waxing and waning in size, gathering new members and losing others as they flit, flirt, pair off and wander away to find their own ...

Avian influenza, also known as the bird flu virus, is ravaging the storied swans of Lake Eola. City officials say two of the birds, a Royal Mute swan and an Australian black swan, have tested positive ...

WARWICK/BARRINGTON, R.I. (WJAR) — Not mankind, but nature is apparently to blame for recent mute swan deaths in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management told NBC 10 News ...

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 ...