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Whooping cranes nearly vanished in the mid-20th century, with a 1941 count finding only 16 living birds. Conservation Efforts. Since then, these endangered animals have taken a step back from the ...

The whooping crane story is one of tremendous effort that has resulted in the saving of a magnificent bird. Their population was only 15 birds eighty years ago and is now over 700.

Anyone with information about the whooping crane shooting should contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at (985) 882-3756 or the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Lake Charles ...

Wade Harrell, whooping crane recovery coordinator for U.S. Fish and Wildlife, notes that cranes can live more than 30 years — giving the flock time to adjust.

There is no mistaking a whooping crane for anything else. In the cases in which people have been caught, they have tended to have other convictions, so they’re, unfortunately, not the best of ...

Known as the “whooping crane case,” the lawsuit (The Aransas Project v. Bryan Shaw, Etc., No. 13-40317) pits environmental and endangered species advocates against state and local officials ...

The nonprofit group that's been leading a migration of endangered whooping cranes through Kentucky for years announced Saturday it has agreed to end the flights that have inspired nature lovers ...

A longstanding survey of whooping cranes wintering in Texas has been canceled because of COVID-19 health concerns, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday.