IOWA, USA — Iowa’s trumpeter swan population is on the rise, with the birds attempting a record 158 nests in 2025, marking a 17% increase from 2022, according to the Iowa Department of Natural ...

Efforts to restore vanished populations of wild trumpeter swans to Iowa wetlands is on track and wildlife enthusiasts could see as many as six new pairs establish breeding territories this spring.

For three years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took eggs from nests in Canada, where the trumpeter swan population was thriving. They had a strategy; usually, trumpeter swans lay four to seven ...

AMES, Iowa - A blue heron stands stalk still, its neck coiled, eyes unflinching, peering into the clear water beneath it. Suddenly, it thrusts its sharp beak into the shallow water, thrashes its head ...

IOWA, USA — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is calling the increased population of the state's trumpeter swans a " true modern-day conservation success story." Iowa trumpeter swans attempted ...