Lawmakers considered the goldfinch. Kids liked the scarlet tanager best. The whole thing took more than three decades.

Unseasonably warm weather has brought loons back to Minnesota almost three weeks earlier than usual. At least six of the 29 loons that have had radio and satellite telemetry devices placed in them ...

Before Adrian Heath became their first coach, before the likes of Christian Ramirez and Francisco Calvo graced the pitch, there was one immediate draw to Minnesota United: their crest. The ...

Here in Minnesota, the Loon is a larger-than-life mascot. Just this last year a 32.5 foot tall sculpture of a Loon was constructed outside Allianz Field — home of the Minnesota United Loons.