The International Crane Foundation’s costume-rearing technique prevents the birds from imprinting on their keepers.

In 1954, an eight-year-old George Archibald was sitting in a one-room school in Nova Scotia when he heard a CBC radio program about whooping cranes in Northern Canada. It was a dramatization ...

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 ...

Sandhill cranes are the most numerous of the crane species in the United States, drawing tens of thousands of tourists annually to festivals and bird-watching excursions across the Midwest. The ...

"That magnitude of that loss makes us worried not only about sandhill cranes but of course whooping cranes, too." Lacy and the foundation work with partners in federal and state agencies as well as ...

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.

PORT ARANSAS, Texas — Thousands of people from across the world have gathered in Port Aransas for a rare opportunity to observe the endangered whooping crane during the 28th annual Whooping ...

The outbreak also raises fears about the potential threat to the nation's endangered whooping cranes. Though not every dead crane is being tested for bird flu, Indiana state officials confirmed ...