Towering, snow-white, and impossibly elegant, this is the largest waterfowl in the world, a bird so impressive it seems ...

ISLAND PARK, Idaho — On a windswept fork of the Snake River, long-necked trumpeter swans glisten as white as the deep snow that frames the scene. “Cross-country skiers love taking the trails along the ...

They’re big. They’re beautiful. And there’s lots of them. Perhaps too many? Trumpeter swans are now reproducing at a rate no one predicted when 150 fragile eggs were transported to Minnesota from ...

Each day, we view the swamp from an overlook that Joe built which we call “The Hide." This name came from his tours in England, where they typically use the word "hide" for a small bird watching ...

Nearly three decades ago on a chill, still December afternoon, I watched three majestic trumpeter swans touch down in a Chesapeake salt marsh.

A baby trumpeter swan with bird flu lies on the snow to die in December at Sweet Marsh in Bremer County. (Photo courtesy of Kip Ladage) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

Trumpeter swans are now reproducing at a rate no one predicted when 150 fragile eggs were transported to Minnesota from Alaska, beginning in 1987. Carrol Henderson was the Department of Natural ...