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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Saskatchewan is one of the best places in the world to catch a rare glimpse of whooping cranes during migration and right now is the prime time to watch them head south for the winter, says writer and ...

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 endangered whooping crane.