SHIOCTON (WLUK) -- Nearly every spring, swans break their northward migration with a stop in Northeast Wisconsin. That time of year has arrived, despite the near-freezing temperatures that make ...

The swans take off mostly on water, but can also do so on solid ground, using a short run and beating their massive wings to achieve liftoff. (For more pictures of the amazing colors of our world ...

A swan wandered onto a railway line leading to the cancellation of some services. Network Rail said the bird first made it onto the line near Hilsea in Hampshire, shortly before 09:00 GMT on Thursday.

Even today the Queen has the right to claim any unmarked mute swan swimming in open water. The Mute Swan ... and the history of art is littered with pictures of ravishingly beautiful birds ...