The Irish, ‘Murbhach’ translates as the ‘level land along seacoast’ and well describes its north reaching arm sheltering the ...

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Six new swans were welcomed to Lake Eola Park's swan family on Monday morning. Two Australian Black, two Whooper, and two Trumpeter swans were introduced to the lake and are currently adjusting in ...

It’s thought to derive from the sound a Whooper swan might make as it gasps for breath – a descending tone of eerie beauty. The royal connection with swans goes back centuries. Even today the ...

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See how white shows up in the unexpected and the everyday in this gallery. Here, whooper swans take flight above a frozen landscape in Japan. The swans take off mostly on water, but can also do so ...

Each winter, large numbers of whooper swans escape the cold of Siberia and northern Mongolia, their summer breeding grounds, and migrate to Lake Kussharo on Hokkaido, Japan's northern island. Here hot ...

The legalities of jet skiing on Loch Watten were discussed at a meeting of Watten Community Council on Monday (October 14).

Three species of swan - mute, whooper and Bewick's - were all most frequently aggressive to other swans. The WWT said this made "ecological sense" in the fight for food sources. The research was ...

Although in winter two other contenders arrive on our shores, the Bewick swan from Siberia and the slightly more vocal Whooper swan from Iceland.

It is in relation to special protection areas (SPAs) for at-risk wild birds, such as puffins, whooper swans and light-bellied Brent geese. It is being led by the Office for Environmental ...

Black swan events are unpredictable with major impacts, like the 1987 stock market crash. Diversified investments can mitigate effects of black swan events. Preparation for such events is ...