The picturesque “wedding swan” can now be legally shot in California year-round. Under a bill signed into law this month by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the mute swan has been added to the list of nongame birds ...

A highly-invasive species of waterfowl can be hunted in California year-round starting in 2026, according to a new law. Mute swans were added to the state’s “short list of invasive nongame birds….

Here's how to tell Michigan’s trumpeter and tundra swans from invasive mute swans, and how to report sightings to help protect wetlands.

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, ...

Six mute swans were brought to Lakeland from Chicago to diversify the Lake Morton swan flock. A local pilot donated the flight, echoing a similar swan transport in 1957 when Queen Elizabeth II gifted ...

Thirty-two birds, including 26 Mute swans, have died at Orlando's Lake Eola from bird flu. City officials are disinfecting park surfaces and have posted signage to alert the public. The number of bird ...

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 ...

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 ...