Six young whooping cranes were released Oct. 29 at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge in Dodge County, Wis. The cranes are part of the Direct Autumn Release project conducted by the Whooping Crane ...

As pilot Jim Bredy banks hard for another pass, he and his two passengers press their faces against the glass, squinting to spot familiar white smudges on the ground—adult whooping cranes—with ...

For the past 20 years, the protected lands in north Alabama have served as the winter home to thousands of sandhill cranes and more than a dozen whooping cranes — rare, endangered birds ...

I had a wonderful opportunity to film a pair of whooping cranes (grus americana) that had set up shop and was nesting in a small cattail wetland on private property. When I arrived I ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Since fall began in North Dakota, we’ve had some colder mornings this past week. So have the birds, ...

The city of Port Aransas, Texas is gearing up to celebrate one of North America's most iconic migratory birds later this ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been planning to weaken whooping crane protections since early 2021, according to federal documents obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity.

The annual migration of sandhill cranes brings bird-watchers in droves to see the tall birds up close, but also the chance to catch a glimpse of the rare and endangered whooping cranes that ...

WASHINGTON— Buried in the Biden administration’s unified regulatory agenda released last week is a plan by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to weaken or end protections for several iconic species, ...