PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- The beloved loon is the focus of a new conservation program. The Minnesota Loon Restoration Project is targeting an eight-county area, which includes Hubbard, Becker, Beltrami, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- People from all over the world are rooting for "Gilligan, "a young loon who is still swimming in open water on the Crow Wing chain of lakes, near Nevis, just weeks after other ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Loon lovers from around the world are cheering for “Gilligan,” a young loon who is still swimming in open water on the Crow Wing chain of lakes, near Nevis, Minnesota, weeks after ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Biologists took a midnight cruise on a northern Minnesota lake to help a loon in distress. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says a biologist with the U.S. Geological ...

Debbie Center normally paints loons but for the past few weeks she's been more focused on rescuing the subject of her artwork in a saga followed by thousands of lovers of Minnesota's state bird.

DULUTH — A citizen science effort that began 30 years ago and has accumulated reams of data on Minnesota's loon population still needs more volunteers to check for loons on northern lakes this summer.

GRAND RAPIDS — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding anglers to retrieve as much of their broken-off fishing line as possible after an incident with a loon. Biologists for the DNR ...

CROSSLAKE — The National Loon Center in Crosslake recently announced that U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith each requested that a Senate appropriations subcommittee designate $1,700,000 in ...

Minnesota (WCCO) -- It's peak summer on Minnesota's Gull Lake Chain. Boats are buzzing, jet skis slicing and loons are calling. "So it sounds like a territorial challenge that's starting," said Sheila ...