A record number of whooping cranes — 557 — were spotted this winter around the Texas coast, the highest count ever recorded ...

Little W-1 and baby W4-22 are doing fine, thank you very much. W-1 and W4-22 are whooping crane babies in Wisconsin that have recently fledged, thanks to the help of the International Crane ...

Since 2011, a state program began reintroducing whooping cranes into a conservation area in Southwest Louisiana at a time when the birds were nonexistent in the state.

Chick-rearing supervisor Marianne Wellington dons a crane costume and teaches Fizzgig, a baby whooping crane, how to survive in the wild at the International Crane Foundation headquarters.

The whooping cranes currently wintering at Wheeler include 13-02, the oldest living member of the Eastern Migratory Population, 59 — 13, named Latka, who researchers transported to the refuge in ...

Whooping cranes mate for life, performing elaborate courtship dances and aerial combat between territorial males, and they travel in close-knit family groups.

The Fish and Wildlife Service this week reported steady growth in the population of the rarest crane in the world.

Only about 830 whooping cranes exist in the world but they used to number in the tens of thousands in North America alone.

Zimorksi oversees the state's whooping crane reintroduction project - a program where biologists take on the role of foster parents for young cranes. The biologists have an exciting approach.

Whooping cranes were once on the edge of extinction and one of the original endangered species. Thanks to the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, their numbers continue to grow.

Whooping cranes are completing their 2,500-mile journey from Canada and arriving on the Texas coast.

Since 2011, a state program began reintroducing whooping cranes into a conservation area in Southwest Louisiana at a time when the birds were nonexistent in the state.