OLYMPIA — Alone, in the middle of Sylvia Lake, swims a prince without his princess. For 25 years, Prince, a mute swan, has called Sylvia Lake home, and up until December 2007 he shared his days and ...

The killing of mute swan Faye and theft of her four cygnets from a Manlius swan pond set off a maelstrom of outrage and grief. Just as mute swans became a huge news story, something happened to ...