Today, the estimated trumpeter swan population in Minnesota has grown to roughly 17,000. That is a quantum leap from the six to eight pairs that existed when Henderson, collaborating with ...

An elderly trumpeter swan that could teach sports teams a thing or two about commitment, determination and achievement has ended his long run at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. The swan ...

Members of Juneau Raptor Center and residents captured a trumpeter swan on Wednesday that had evaded apprehension since November. “This was like our sixth attempt,” said raptor center manager ...

At the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center on Friday, Dec. 11, Alysha Elsby held open the beak of a female trumpeter swan as Sarah Trudeau pushed a thin tube down the bird’s long throat so they could ...

A rare trumpeter swan — normally seen in the northwestern United States, Canada and some parts of the upper Midwest — has taken up residence on the French Broad River.

Since the first Minnesota trumpeter swan releases in 1987, the state’s Nongame Wildlife Program has released more than 350 swans across the state. Those transplants thrived, and Minnesota had ...

Trumpeter swans are raising a family at a pond in Washtenaw County, a year after a swan family was run over and killed there, but it's been another difficult year.

Nearly driven to extinction decades ago, hundreds of the birds now winter at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers — the largest seasonal concentration of the species in ...

Birders got a rare gift this month with the first Southland spotting of a trumpeter swan in decades. Dennis Kroeplin, 63, eyed the big bird Dec. 23 on a morning hike by Hansen Dam in the San ...

A male trumpeter swan, shown in this 2014 file photo, shows off its wingspan at Carter Lake. It was among more than 20 that were drawn to the open water. Trumpeter swans are large — they're ...