Minnesota is home to the prolific cottontail rabbit, as well as two species of their relatives — the white-tailed jack rabbit ...

Iowa trumpeter swans attempted a modern-day record 158 nests in 2025, which the DNR said was a 17% increase since 2022. The department used data from the most recent survey completion, which took ...

MANKATO — Chad Heins is Mankato’s “bird man,” his fellow bird watchers say. As such, the Bethany Lutheran College biology ...

Winter transforms the American wilderness into a landscape of stark beauty and profound silence. Snow blankets the ground, ...

The fisher, a mink-like mammal, has begun reappearing in Ohio as a natural byproduct of forest conservation practices.

A dozen swans died over the course of a week at Orlando's Lake Eola park. Are the deaths suspicious or were they caused by bird flu?

Christmas Eve morning as I was trying to beat the last-minute rush to Walmart in Rexburg when I heard the unmistakable call ...

A rare fisher has been spotted in Cuyahoga County for the first time since the 1800s. On Friday, Dec. 12, Cleveland Metroparks shared footage of the animal, which is also known as a Pekania pennanti.

A fisher has been documented in Cuyahoga County for the first time in 200 years. Cleveland Metroparks captured the weasel-like mammal on a trail camera.

If you’ve been near Madison’s lakes in the last week or so, chances are, you’ve heard an loud screeching noise coming from the water. The culprit: hundreds of swans. Each November and December, two ...

Thu., Dec. 11, 2025 A trumpeter swan takes off from Middle Pine Lake at the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge in this Nov. 21 photo by Jerry Rolwes. (Courtesy of Jerry Rolwes) A trumpeter swan takes ...