"There’s a lot of story to be written." $8.4 million Texas sanctuary opens for very rare 5-foot-tall birds that live for ...

Following the species' comeback, new pressures are converging on their wintering habitat along the Texas coast.

Partners at the International Crane Foundation and the Conservation Fund have secured permanent protection of more than 3,300 ...

Once on the brink of extinction, the birds now have a new sanctuary on an isolated stretch of the Gulf Coast between Corpus ...

A whooping crane chick died from highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in September in Wisconsin, the first known mortality of the endangered species from the disease, according to the ...

(WLUK) -- An endangered whooping crane, set to be released into the wild, died earlier this month from bird flu. The International Crane Foundation says the loss marks the first confirmed death of a ...

BARABOO, Wis. (WKOW) -- The International Crane Foundation has announced the death of an endangered whooping crane, Ducky. Ducky died earlier in September due to bird flu. “We are deeply saddened by ...

A rare bird species that once vanished from Louisiana is making a steady comeback as four more whooping cranes were released into the wild last month. The release of the young birds, which were raised ...

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, ...

While Texas is renowned for its king-sized cities—Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, to name a few—there’s a lot more to this historic state than just urban sprawl. Along the Texas shoreline, visitors ...

Jan. 4—Echoing through the air, the call of thousands of cranes — some endangered — at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge serves as a beacon to bird watchers. For the past 20 years, the protected lands ...