Tall, magnificent birds with long legs and necks, cranes spend most of their lives near the shallow water of swamps, lakes, streams, and ponds to hunt for prey and construct their nests. There are 15 ...

When the two crane chicks arrived at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center last spring, they had been separated from their parent, who had a badly injured leg. That parent was “elusive,” center ...

There are many reasons why the cranes may be easily confused with the storks due to their similarity. Besides the fact that ...

Quick Take Cranes are typically larger than storks, with wingspans often reaching up to eight feet across. The arboreal nesting habits of storks provide a survival advantage over ground-dwelling ...

Kearney, Nebraska, is the sandhill crane capital of the world. This is because every year, more than half a million sandhill ...

SEYMOUR, Ind. — On Highway 50 near Seymour, Indiana, there is a scene of sandhill cranes in the marsh: both dead and alive. Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said this species is another ...

Escort arrived with wings.

What is so special about wattled cranes? Wattled cranes are the largest crane species in Africa. They are only found on the continent and there are only about 9,600 left in Zambia, Botswana, Angola, ...

Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly persistent strain of avian influenza, killing at least 1,500 of the migrating birds in recent weeks, according to a biologist with the Indiana ...