The common loon is an uncommon bird, one of five loon species sharing a long history, and believed to be most closely related to — wait for it — penguins. The other four loons are Pacific, Arctic, red ...

Across the sunset stillness of a deserted northern lake, the unearthly wail of the common loon completed a lifetime memory. Loons were calling and the water was like glass. I was scuba diving in Lake ...

Lake Superior is famous for being the biggest and deepest of the Great Lakes. It's also the least fertile. That lower productivity and large surface area can sometimes make Gitche Gumee seem like a ...

When Joel and Tracey Hays left Ohio to start a new chapter as northern Minnesota resort owners in 2005, it was the allure of loons that helped seal the deal. Their family was touring a dozen possible ...

When in the depth of the winter, a full hundred miles from the nearest land, one sees a loon in the path of the steamer, listens to its weird, maniacal laughter, and sees it slowly sink downward ...