Whooping cranes fell to 20 birds, then rebounded to nearly 600 — and boreal wetlands are why

With only about 20 whooping cranes left globally in the 1940s, the species once seemed close to vanishing. Today, nearly 600 ...

'Conservation success story': Endangered whooping crane makes rare appearance in central Alberta

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

In 1941, only 21 whooping cranes were left worldwide; protection of their last wild breeding grounds helped the species rebound to more than 800 birds

Whooping cranes faced extinction, with only twenty-one birds remaining in 1941. Intensive conservation efforts have increased ...

A Nebraska photographer rode his bike from Texas to Canada. He did it for the crane

Renowned nature photographer Mike Forsberg and a leading crane scientist biked the Central Flyway migratory route for science ...

A Nebraska photographer rode his bike from Texas to Canada. He did it for the cranes.

Renowned nature photographer Mike Forsberg and a leading crane scientist biked the Central Flyway migratory route for science ...
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Naming the new whooping crane chick

Each spring, the International Crane Foundation hatches a cohort of whooping crane chicks at the headquarters in Baraboo to bolster the population of this extremely rare species. We carefully prepare ...

Environmental groups sue government to stop a big change to the Endangered Species Act

By altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how ...
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Horicon Refuge whooping crane's bird flu death is historical first

A whooping crane that had lived at the International Crane Foundation and was living at the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, died Sept. 18 from bird flu.