“In March of 1950, the last remaining whooping crane in Louisiana was captured at White Lake and transported to Aransas ...

A number of rare and endangered bird species can be seen in Louisiana, if you know how to find them. Here are the species and ...

That nest matters because whooping cranes are endangered and “one of the world’s rarest birds,” according to the department. “Conversion of the species’ prairie and wetland habitat to ...

Only about 830 whooping cranes exist in the world but they used to number in the tens of thousands in North America alone.