With only about 20 whooping cranes left globally in the 1940s, the species once seemed close to vanishing. Today, nearly 600 of the tall white birds remain, making their comeback ...

Whooping cranes faced extinction, with only twenty-one birds remaining in 1941. Intensive conservation efforts have increased ...

Knowing how animals use their environments to survive and thrive is a key challenge for predicting how global climate change will affect wildlife. A global collaborative study of four species of crane ...

Cranes are some of the world's most majestic birds, with 15 species found globally. Four of these are found in Africa. The wattled crane in South Africa was in decline, but seems to have turned a ...

WOLFBERRY WHOOPING CRANE SANCTUARY, Texas — 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, ...

The tallest flying bird in the world, and what it chose to do with that Grus antigone, the sarus crane, stands up to 1.8 ...

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 ...

A symbol of peace, black-necked cranes have been revered by Tibetan Buddhists for centuries. But this bird species is under tremendous pressure as its fragile wetland habitat is facing increasing ...

The Endangered Wildlife Trust has partnered with the International Crane Foundation will lead South Africa's National Crane Census from the 24 of July to the 27th of July. It will tally South Africa's ...

A collaborative project led by the Endangered Wildlife Trust and International Crane Foundation is underway to understand the Wattled Crane decline in Mpumalanga, which has plummeted from around 45 ...