Trumpeter swans are among the largest and heaviest of native waterfowl in North America, weighing about 25 pounds and standing close to 4 feet. Their large size makes getting airborne quite the ...

Trumpeter swans are making a comeback in Iowa. The birds attempted a modern-day record of 158 nests in 2025, which is an increase of 17% over 2022. The active nests average around 4.4 cygnets, or ...

The Saint Louis Zoo’s trumpeter swan cygnets, born in May, will be part of the Oregon Restoration Project. Grace Erker, Saint Louis Zoo For the first time since 1996, the Saint Louis Zoo has welcomed ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --The Maryland Zoo announced the hatching of two trumpeter swans on Friday. The hatchlings, called cygnets, hatched after more than 30 days of incubating in their nest. Trumpeter swans ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25, 2024 (ENS) – Ohio is celebrating the recovery of the state’s trumpeter swans as a conservation success story. The Ohio Wildlife Council, an eight-member, bipartisan group of ...

There’s good news and bad news when it comes to endangered species in Michigan. The bad news is there are 407 species in danger. The good news is 36 species have been removed from the list, including ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Bird in Focus is the Trumpeter Swan. The Trumpeter Swan is the largest native waterfowl in New York State. Males weigh over 26 pounds, ...

Utah waterfowl hunters continue to shoot down excessive numbers or rare trumpeter swans, prompting wildlife officials to once again close Utah’s swan hunt early. Despite several measures aimed at ...

When Carrol Henderson interviewed in 1977 for a new job in state government — to head the Nongame Wildlife Program with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) — he asked about the ...