Thousands of sandhill and whooping cranes are stopping over at the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County.

"The bird has become the emblematic endangered species, thanks in part to its fierce char­isma," writes Jennifer Holland for National Geographic. "Standing nearly five feet tall, it can spy a wolf—or ...

Goetze: Over the past few weeks, I’ve heard and seen some annual winter residents slowly flying and gliding into the area.

Sandhill Cranes preen in their habitat. These cranes and Whooping Cranes will be the subject of a conservation talk at 5 p.m. Thursday at Wild Birds Unlimited in Greenwood. Provided by Indiana ...

Chris Corpus (left), director of conservation at the Dallas Zoo, George Archibald (center), the co-founder and lead conservationist of the International Crane Foundation, and Carter Crouch, director ...

BIRDMAI copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Nada Kramar Endowment Income Fund. Contents 1. Whooping cranes past and present / John B. French, Sarah J. Converse, Jane E. Austin -- 2.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A federal official says the world's only naturally migrating whooping cranes died at about twice their normal rate last year and will likely see an overall drop in numbers this ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT Engaging a variety of wildlife stakeholders in the implementation of conservation plans is an increasingly frequent activity of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Like so many others, the Northern transplant flew to Florida for warmer temperatures, landed in Osceola County and stayed over 20 years. Now he’s moved on. This particular snowbird, ...

Support continues to pour in as the Abilene Zoo mourns the loss of Spike, the world’s oldest known whooping crane.

LINCOLN — Alicia Hardin has been selected as the wildlife division administrator for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The wildlife division administrator oversees the Commission’s hunting and ...