Whooping cranes were almost extinct — until Canadian ornithologist George Archibald learned to dance with them
Whooping cranes have a remarkable recovery story. Meet some of the scientists bringing them back, in the documentary Dances ...
Iconic Sandhill cranes face mass die-off in bird flu outbreak
More than 1,500 iconic sandhill cranes have been killed by bird flu in Indiana, officials say, the latest development in the spread of the highly infectious respiratory illness. Volunteers in masks ...
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Wattled crane downlisting to endangered ‘a conservation triumph’
Wattled cranes, a winter-breeding, wetland-dependent species, were listed as regionally critically endangered in 2015, with ...
Die-off of hundreds of sandhill cranes in Indiana heightens concerns for endangered whooping cranes
The recent deaths of an estimated 1,500 sandhill cranes in Indiana due to bird flu has increased concerns for endanagered ...
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Wildlife rehab center uses genius technique to raise orphaned birds without human interaction: 'Incredibly successful'
"If one does not intimately understand ... one cannot successfully rehabilitate." Wildlife rehab center uses genius technique ...
First whooping cranes appear with huge number of sandhill cranes in central Nebraska
Crane Trust officials say they've never seen such a big jump in numbers of cranes arriving in Nebraska for the spring migration.
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Birds Are in Trouble across the U.S. But It’s Not Too Late to Protect Them
In the U.S. 42 species of birds have low and steeply declining populations that put them on the brink of disaster, scientists ...
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Dark skies, birds fly – spring means it’s time to turn out the lights
Like prehistoric travelers through time, the sandhill cranes are flying overhead, calling out to feathered friends ahead and ...
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Off the Beaten Trail: Cranes are a comin’
Punxsutawney Phil, the world-renowned mascot of Groundhog Day and the predictor of spring’s arrival said there were six more ...
Why Uganda's iconic crested crane faces extinction
Dozens of cranes have in recent years been found dead after they were poisoned by rice and maize farmers in Lwengo district, in south-central Uganda. "One of the biggest threats against cranes is ...
About a third of bird species in U.S. need conservation help, new report says
State of the Birds report identifies 112 "tipping point" species — those that have lost more than half their populations in the past five decades.