At one time there were more than 10,000 whooping cranes in North America. But, due to hunting, human encroachment, egg poaching and habitat loss the population of the tallest bird in North America was ...

I thought it was time to introduce you to a couple of birds you may see in, around or over our parks. We’ll look at their habits, where we can find them and places that you can observe them. Besides ...

CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Watch as the crane collapses this morning in Lower Manhattan. One person was killed and three injured in the collapse. Read more here: http://cbsloc ...

Nate Huck, Minnesota DNR resident game bird specialist joins us to talk about sandhill cranes in Minnesota.

WATTLED cranes are vulnerable birds with a global population of only 8 000. South Africa is fortunate to have about 2 000 of this species, with the bulk being in the KZN midlands. More groups are ...

Julie Baker is the director of the Michigan Songbird Protection Coalition. Misinformation and half-truths are the stock-in-trade for some who propose opening a hunting season on sandhill cranes in ...

I’m a full-fledged “craniac” now that I’ve spent four days awestruck at one of Earth’s most epic animal migrations — on, of all places, the wind-whistling prairies of central Nebraska. Every year — ...

One week after New York City announced it would shepherd a national database of tower cranes to improve jobsite safety, a crane-rental executive in Pennsylvania has built the world’s first Internet ...

Sandhill cranes can live over 35 years in the wild. The red patch on the head is not feathers, it is bare skin. Sandhill cranes cannot perch in a tree like a heron can. Cities around the world ...