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

Some residents along the Gulf Coast are creating habitat for the endangered birds on their properties, but development, ...

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.

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

WOLFBERRY WHOOPING CRANE SANCTUARY — Carter Crouch has been fascinated by the whooping crane’s conservation story for as long as he can remember. The white bird, named for its “whooping” call, is one ...

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BARABOO, Wis. -- The International Crane Foundation, based in Baraboo, is purchasing large swaths of land along the Texas Gulf Coast in an effort to protect the endangered Whooping Crane. The ...

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You have a chance to get closer to nature this weekend at the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge in Decatur as the Festival of the ...

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