Whooping cranes have a remarkable recovery story. Meet some of the scientists bringing them back, in the documentary Dances With Cranes.

The whooping crane is a 5-foot-tall bird with snow-white plumage and a deep red cap and black wing tips. It is the tallest bird in North America and also one of the rarest birds in North America.

Crane Trust officials say they've never seen such a big jump in numbers of cranes arriving in Nebraska for the spring migration.

The International Crane Foundation’s costume-rearing technique prevents the birds from imprinting on their keepers.

The guard call of sandhill cranes rings through Steuben County skies as the recently frozen world returns to life.

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been planning to weaken whooping crane protections since early 2021, according to federal documents obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity.

"It's really shocking," Lacy said of the crane deaths. "That magnitude of that loss makes us worried not only about sandhill cranes but of course whooping cranes, too." Lacy and the foundation work ...

PORT ARANSAS, Texas — Thousands of people from across the world have gathered in Port Aransas for a rare opportunity to observe the endangered whooping crane during the 28th annual Whooping ...

In 2024, a whooping crane photo that Forsberg captured at Funk’s Waterfowl Production Area was featured as one of “National Geographic's” best wildlife photos of 2024. The photo appeared in an April ...

But Iversen and others say the killings prove it is time to abolish sandhill crane hunting in Kansas. The sandhills, she said, mingle with whooping cranes. “As long as there is a crane hunting ...