Cranes are large omnivorous birds that are known to perform elaborate mating dances and vocalizations. Many species exist, ...

Both the whooping crane and the sandhill crane are sometimes seen in Alabama during the winter months. Sandhill cranes are gray in color, which may explain the common confusion with great blue herons.

As human expansion continues to encroach on wildlife habitats, interactions between humans and animals are becoming more ...

Ornithologists and locals wonder what the future holds for this chick being raised by much taller, but still doting parents ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service this week reported steady growth in the population of the rarest crane in the world.

The sandhill crane features plumage colored tan-gray and a rusty-crimson crown. They have a 7-foot wingspan and a height of 31 to 47 inches tall and fossils of the sandhill crane have been traced ...

Sandhill cranes stop to feed earlier this month at the Jasper-Pulaski State Fish & Wildlife Area in Medaryville. The cranes are returning north from their southern journey.

Stately sandhill cranes — with wingspans of more than 6 feet and a history dating to the Pleistocene — have begun swooping into a wildlife area southeast of Tombstone in their annual migration ...

Nearly 35,000 sandhill cranes have swooped into the Sulphur Springs Valley near Willcox in an annual migration from mountain states and parts of Canada, the Arizona Game and Fish Department reports.