Three Swan Species Live in North America Only three species of swans nest in North America: the trumpeter swan, the mute swan and the tundra swan (sometimes known as the whistling swan).

A press release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR): Every fall, officials with the DNR warns waterfowl hunters to avoid mistakenly shooting trumpeter swans. Notices are ...

Cygnus cygnus can be considered a swan among swans, the type species, hence archetype, of all swans. It is also a swan of superlatives. With a population of about 180,000, the whooper, though ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Bird flu cases are on the rise across the country, putting Lakeland's beloved swan population at risk. Betty ...

First of all, the swans and all the species that migrate, some of them used to migrate in the Danube Delta. Given that the damming of the Olt River created some slow-water habitats, the birds found ...

Tundra swans are often confused with trumpeter swans, and indeed the two species are very similar in appearance. They are most easily distinguished by their calls. Tundra swans winter on the water ...

My-oh-my how times have changed. Over the last 35-plus years, I have witnessed a few amazing changes in nature. Normally I don’t think it would be possible to make these kinds of claims.

A man was spotted luring, beating then capturing a swan at Western Springs park this morning, before stuffing the injured, ...