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

Tall, magnificent birds with long legs and necks, cranes spend most of their lives near the shallow water of swamps, lakes, streams, and ponds to hunt for prey and construct their nests. There are 15 ...

A whooping crane, which is endangered, lands among sandhill cranes. Photo by Jim Hudgins / USFWS That hybrid bill was approved by the study committee on an 8-4 vote, with the non-hunting conservation ...

Meanwhile, less than 100 whooping cranes live in the state, International Crane Foundation Eastern Flyways Program director Anne Lacy told the Journal Sentinel last year. Advertisement Advertisement ...

Tough sentences act as more than just a deterrent: Hefty fines and restitutions reflect the fact that a single Whooping Crane can cost more than $100,000 to hatch, raise, and monitor into adulthood.

A whooping crane flies over a crawfish pond in the U.S. in a file image from 2018. Wild whooping cranes nest and spend their summers near Fort Smith, N.W.T., before migrating south in the fall.

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If you’ve explored Wisconsin’s wetlands, you’ve probably come across one of two tall birds — the sandhill crane or the whooping crane. Sandhill cranes were on the brink of extinction just ...

One of the rarest birds in North America made an unexpected stop in Wilmette this week. A nearly 1-year-old whooping crane making her first migration north to Wisconsin lost track of her four ...

This episode shines a spotlight on the endangered whooping crane. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has teamed up with artists across Louisiana to shine a spotlight on the ...

According to the International Crane Foundation, the birds started hanging out in the area last spring -- the first time whooping cranes, an endangered species, have lived in the Sauk County wild ...