a recording of a contact call that crane parents make for their chicks. Whooping cranes were almost extinct — until Canadian ornithologist George Archibald learned to dance with them In the ...

The whooping crane was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as threatened in 1967 and endangered in 1970. The agency said the bird’s name probably originated from the loud, single-note ...

details Stephanie Schmidt, lead outreach biologist at the International Crane Foundation. “...A pretty impressive 7-8 foot wingspan with black feathers at the tips.” Whooping cranes.

the prevalent sandhill crane and the endangered whooping crane. The cranes are depicted among wildflowers in their typical wetland habitat. Get daily updates on the Packers during the season.

WASHINGTON— Buried in the Biden administration’s unified regulatory agenda released last week is a plan by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to weaken or end protections for several iconic species, ...