Ross Bruggink, the seal’s designer, said he opted for the loon because he thought it could be uniting for the state.

The national honor bestowed upon the official state bird of Minnesota earlier this month confirms what Minnesotans already know well — just how special the loon is. The common loon is known for its ...

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 Johnston, listening ...

Nothing gets past the artist formerly known as film Twitter. The home of the internet’s most detail-oriented and discourse-fueled movie nerds recently uncovered a loony, anachronistic bird call in ...

Sheila Johnston on Upper Gull Lake on June 24. She's long loved photographing loons, but one experience led her to become an advocate for protecting the Minnesota state bird.

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 ...

The Bellagio in Las Vegas is accustomed to high-flying visitors but the famed hotel was not prepared for this one. The iconic resort and casino was forced to halt its world-famous fountain show on ...