Maryland has agreed to stop shooting mute swans, a nonnative bird that state officials contend is destroying the Chesapeake Bay habitat. A spokesman for Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said the state ...

According to the DNR, mute swans are an invasive species that endanger wildlife, destroy wetland habitats and threaten humans. Mute swans are not to be confused with trumpeter swans, which DNR say ...

Mute swans are an invasive species that has become established in high numbers on many bodies of water in Indiana, the state Department of Natural Resources reports.