Kathryn Burton thinks so. If she can prove her case, she can maybe convince people to leave those birds alone in Connecticut today. "We really should be saying 'There is no way they shouldn't be here, ...

Some don’t agree with my enlightened philosophy of hunting invasive mute swans. Annually, these birds eat up to nine million pounds of Chesapeake Bay aquatic vegetation. They also scare or kill native ...

Sailing through the waters like well-heeled, old-line European aristocrats, mute swans have created two noisy camps among American naturalists. For some, the birds are a beautiful part of the ...

Mute swans have jumped from about 1,500 in 2022 to 12,000+ and threaten Delta wetlands. A bill would let hunters and landowners shoot them; it passed the Assembly and awaits the Senate, drawing animal ...

MANLIUS, N.Y. — The swan saga continues in the Village of Manlius. The village is allowed to keep its iconic swans, but now the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is saying only ...

MANLIUS, N.Y. (AP) – Elegant white swans have an outsize presence in this upstate New York village measuring less than 2 square miles. Their likeness is on village flags, community centers and welcome ...