The haunting calls of the Common Loon will get your attention. Described as "low, melancholy yodeling or wailing cries" by ...

To heft their bodies into the air, loons need a long runway, much like an airplane getting ready for a flight. These loons require as much as 600 feet of open water to eventually get into the air. Did ...

A migratory diver of the loon family, the common loon (Gavia immer) has been important to people living in the Great Lakes region for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. MinnPost’s journalists are ...

There really is nothing common about the common loon. From its eerily haunting calls, iridescent plumage, brilliant scarlet-red eyes, legs set awkwardly far back and large webbed feet, to its pure ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Wyoming’s small population of about 50 common loons is related to those found in Alberta, ...

MINNESOTA, USA — "Imagine now, a clear summer evening in the north woods. Above you, the bands of the Milky Way framed by the dark spindly boughs of spruce and fir. And cutting though the stillness ...

This month we have a special column by a very qualified guest — Natasha Bartolotta, who is the Stewardship & Outreach Manager at the National Loon Center in Crosslake and a Minnesota Master Naturalist ...

For everyone who has spent any time on a wilderness lake of the north, the enchanting and mysterious song of the loon echoing an eerie wail over placid waters truly represents the call of the wild. In ...