BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — A plan to save the endangered whooping crane species takes a turn this week when the birds will no longer rely on humans to guide them during fall migration, ending an effort that ...

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 ...

Rare Endangered Bird Is Being Spotted in More Areas of Texas ...

Efforts to lead a flock of nine juvenile whooping cranes into Florida stalled again this morning when the rare birds did not follow the ultralight aircraft manned by pilots who are attempting to lead ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The annual migration of juvenile whooping cranes from Wisconsin to Florida has been halted in Alabama after a complaint was filed with a federal agency. Operation Migration ...

NECEDAH - Eight whooping cranes, led by ultralight aircraft, took flight Wednesday headed for Florida as part of a project designed to establish a second migratory flock of the endangered birds. The ...

The wind and wild weather that has battered the Upper Midwest this week has also grounded the young whooping cranes that recently started this year's ultralight-led migration flight between the ...

A whooping crane's appearance northeast of Calgary is being celebrated by local birdwatchers, with the rare sighting of North ...

Conservation groups fear the Trump administration's changes to the Endangered Species Act could destroy habitat for the ...