SACRAMENTO - State legislation signed into law earlier this month will allow invasive mute swans to be taken or possessed at any time by those with a valid California hunting license beginning Jan. 1, ...

MANLIUS, N.Y. — Elegant white swans have an outsize presence in this upstate New York village measuring less than 2 square miles. Their likeness is on village flags, community centers and welcome ...

Soon after her 70-year reign began, Queen Elizabeth II donated two mute swans to Lakeland. It's a gift that has kept on giving over the decades but has been marked by tragedy. Queen Elizabeth II, who ...

The picturesque “wedding swan” can now be legally shot in California year-round, without a license. Under a bill signed into law this month by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the mute swan has been added to the ...

Manlius, N.Y. - Four baby cygnets can be returned to the Manlius village Swan Pond for now, but it’s unlikely the village will be allowed to breed more swans in the future. The future of the swans has ...

MUKWONAGO, Wis. — The swans that inhabit Grace Graham’s poetry are white as fresh linen. They glide across Phantom Lake like elegant apparitions, paddling webbed feet into stanzas she writes before ...

All around the house, blackbirds sing at the crack of dawn, the flock waxing and waning in size, gathering new members and losing others as they flit, flirt, pair off and wander away to find their own ...

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Should I let an opossum live under a shrub in my yard? George Russell: New salmon tracking dashboard is a boon to fish watchers Shorter days bring more wildlife sightings Researchers report spike in ...