Maine is home to a few thousand of the distinctive black-and-white waterbirds — the East Coast’s largest loon population — and conservationists said efforts to protect them from threats helped grow ...

Loons are an indicator species, so a healthy population will give information on whether local ecosystems are stable.

A Maine ice skater ended up coming to the rescue of a loon he found stranded on the ice covering a frozen pond in the ...

The bird was rescued on Sunday from East Pond, which is near Waterville. The loon was trapped on the pond after the water had ...

Since 1983, Mainers have fanned out across lakes and ponds across the state on the third Saturday in July to help count the ...

Firefighters in New Hampshire responded to Canobie Lake to rescue a dog that wandered out onto the ice and fell through into the frigid water.