Norwood Park resident Tarik Shahzad spotted 296 species of birds in 2025, breaking the Cook County Birding Big Year record for the second year in a row.

More than 14,000 sandhill cranes, along with several endangered whooping cranes, are spending the winter there. This area is ...

Following the species' comeback, new pressures are converging on their wintering habitat along the Texas coast.

The whooping crane population wintering at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge reached a record high of 557 birds during the 2024-25 season. The population has shown steady growth, with a growth rate of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Like so many others, the Northern transplant flew to Florida for warmer temperatures, landed in Osceola County and stayed over 20 years. Now he’s moved on. This particular snowbird, ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ducky is dead. The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WOLFBERRY WHOOPING CRANE SANCTUARY, Texas — Carter Crouch has been fascinated by the whooping crane’s conservation ...

Whooping cranes have made their annual flight to South Texas, and tickets are now on sale for the Whooping Crane Festival scheduled for Feb. 19, 2026, through Feb. 22, 2026, in Port Aransas. Since ...

On an isolated stretch of Texas coastline, conservation groups have acquired more than 3,000 acres of nearly pristine prairie to preserve as habitat for endangered whooping cranes, one of the rarest ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. WOLFBERRY WHOOPING CRANE SANCTUARY, Texas — Carter Crouch has been fascinated by the whooping ...

The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after ...