It's an unfortunate case of unrequited love for this black swan - particularly as the object of its desire is a plastic paddleboat. • Gallery: See more pictures of the swan in love The bird has become ...

German zoo officials to reunite an unhappy black swan with her paddle-boat love. PASSAU, Germany, March 27, 2008 — -- The love affair was short-lived. Petra, the wild black swan who has become a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)-- This swan doesn't have a name, but you wouldn't be wrong calling him "Lucky." In late October, a hunter in the Fish Lake Wildlife Area south of Grantsburg, Wis., found a ...

Swans are symbols of love, devotion and grace. There are plenty of fairy tales about swans mating for life, and even grieving for years if their beloved partner dies. And it's one myth that has some ...

They are symbols of enduring love, immortalised in story, song and poetry. Everyone knows that swans mate for life, staying faithfully together until one dies. Or do they? The heart-warming image of ...

Anyone who’s perused valentines or romantic greeting cards has probably seen illustrations of swan pairs almost beak to beak, necks elegantly curved to form the shape of a heart. They’re known to mate ...