Few birding experiences rival hearing the haunting call of the loon or seeing them glide by in protected coves on a lake.

This summer, Minnesotans can volunteer to monitor loons on local lakes, providing vital data for conservation efforts.

It's peak summer on Minnesota's Gull Lake Chain. Boats are buzzing, jet skis slicing and loons are calling. "So it sounds like a territorial challenge that's starting," said Sheila Johnston, listening ...

The common loon has acquired a cultural currency unusual for a state bird, its black-and-white body gracing everything from Minnesota United jerseys to license plates. Most recently, the bird’s image, ...

Alex Davies covers autonomous vehicles and other transportation machines for WIRED. To provide coverage over an area, Loon runs packs of five to 10 balloons. Together, they can provide an aerial mesh ...

Could Alphabet’s big internet project finally catch wind? In the next few weeks, the company’s internet via balloon skunkworks Loon will come to Kenya for a commercial test in partnership with Telkom ...

Google's parent company Alphabet has handed around 200 patents associated with its failed internet balloon startup, Loon, to Japanese investment giant SoftBank. Project Loon started out as one of ...

Alphabet’s Loon has been using algorithmic processes to optimize the flight of its stratospheric balloons for years now — and setting records for time spent aloft as a result. But the company is now ...

The Adirondack Loon Center invites student artists to submit visual art interpretations of "Loons in the Ecosystem" to its annual contest.