Jan. 4—Echoing through the air, the call of thousands of cranes — some endangered — at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge serves as a beacon to bird watchers. For the past 20 years, the protected lands ...

A rare bird species that once vanished from Louisiana is making a steady comeback as four more whooping cranes were released into the wild last month. The release of the young birds, which were raised ...

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 ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Whooping cranes are listed as an endangered species in the United States, which means they are protected because of their low population. “So last year we actually set a record ...

BARABOO, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials with the International Crane Foundation, headquartered in Wisconsin, have confirmed the first death of an Endangered Whooping Crane due to Highly Pathogenic Avian ...

In the wake of an unprecedented mass die-off of sandhill cranes due to bird flu in Indiana, wildlife specialists are expressing heightened concerns over the potential impact of the disease to birds as ...

SEADRIFT — Estimates that a record 250-plus endangered whooping cranes are expected to begin their annual autumn migration to the Texas coast usually would be cause for celebration among backers of ...

Sandhill Cranes preen in their habitat. These cranes and Whooping Cranes will be the subject of a conservation talk at 5 p.m. Thursday at Wild Birds Unlimited in Greenwood. Provided by Indiana ...

FULTON, Texas (AP) – Raising its slim, white neck out of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, one of the world’s last surviving whooping cranes hungrily searches a Texas marsh for the blue crabs and ...

In this week’s segment of “North Dakota Outdoors,” host Mike Anderson tells us about a large, white bird with black-tipped wings that travels through North Dakota every spring and fall – the whooping ...

BIRDMAI copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Nada Kramar Endowment Income Fund. 1. Whooping cranes past and present / John B. French, Sarah J. Converse, Jane E. Austin -- 2.