Some residents along the Gulf Coast are creating habitat for the endangered birds on their properties, but development, ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) – A conservation effort involving an ultralight plane leading endangered whooping cranes south for the winter has been forced to stop short of its Florida destination, with officials ...

MILWAUKEE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is recommending an end to the use of ultralight aircraft to lead endangered whooping cranes from Wisconsin on their first fall migrations to Florida, and ...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve heard and seen some annual winter residents of Northcentral Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma slowly flying and gliding into the area. For myself and many other people, ...

Whooping cranes have made their annual flight to South Texas, and tickets are now on sale for the Whooping Crane Festival scheduled for Feb. 19, 2026, through Feb. 22, 2026, in Port Aransas. Since ...

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Whooping Cranes, one of the most threatened birds in the United States, have found a winter home in Alabama. The Whooping Crane reached near extinction in the 1940s, with only ...

The weather-delayed whooping crane migration from Wisconsin to Florida finally got off the ground Tuesday, with 10 birds flying in two shifts to a stopover in south Juneau County, according to ...

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 ...

"The bird has become the emblematic endangered species, thanks in part to its fierce char­isma," writes Jennifer Holland for National Geographic. "Standing nearly five feet tall, it can spy a wolf—or ...

Whooping cranes are in the midst of their spring migration and sightings will increase as they make their way through North Dakota over the next several weeks. Anyone seeing these birds as they move ...

Three rare whooping cranes are passing through North Dakota. A hunter chasing sandhill cranes reported the three adults Wednesday, and the tall, white birds were confirmed as endangered whooping ...