The elusive Northern Spotted Owl. The majestic Whooping Crane. Charismatic Florida panthers and beloved Monarch butterflies.

Species: Whooping crane About: Whooping cranes are North America’s tallest birds — with males standing nearly 5 feet ... Fundamentally, these celebrated, iconic fish will face grim prospects for ...

In a notable conservation effort with whooping cranes, researchers used ultralight aircraft to teach captive-raised birds their ancestral migration ... and resilience of natural systems in the face of ...

Eiseley lets the broad, shallow river, famous for quicksand, take hold of him, and has “the sensation of sliding down the vast tilted face of the continent ... for a “big white bird,” code for a ...

By the 1980s, the California condor population had dwindled to just 27 birds, making them one of the most critically ... Once teetering on the verge of extinction, the whooping crane’s remarkable ...

filming and photographing all types of birds for about 40 years, said he rushed back to Grand Island Wednesday from his gallery in Omaha to photograph the nine whooping cranes that had been ...

WOOD RIVER — Felipe Chavez-Ramirez, executive director of the Platte River Whooping ... for whooping cranes, sandhill cranes and more than 300 species of migratory birds found in the Big Bend ...

Reasons for the declines include habitat loss, weather events and hunting to meet demand for whooping cranes’ white feathers to decorate women’s hats. The 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act made ...

At five feet, whooping cranes are North America's tallest birds, migrating thousands of miles from Canada to the Coastal Bend each winter to nest, drawing birdwatchers eager to see them.

Cranes are some of the world's most majestic birds, with 15 species found globally. Four of these are found in Africa. The wattled crane in South Africa was in decline, but seems to have turned a ...

staff took their time finishing the planting and moving birds into their exhibits over the summer, she said. COVID-19 reduces whooping cranes hatched in captivity, but it can't stop nature ...