An April 13, 2017 photo provided by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shows a male whooping crane, L8-11, left, and mate L7-11, on nest, with newly hatched LW1-17 in Avoyelles Parish, ...

Two men were cited for illegally shooting and killing a whooping crane in Evangeline Parish, according the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. LDWF ...

Two organizations have acquired land to preserve the expanding whooping crane winter range in South Texas.

Ms. Renkl, a contributing Opinion writer, reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. I probably wouldn’t have made the drive to Wheeler National Wildlife ...

A pair of whooping cranes in Jeff Davis Parish has hatched Louisiana’s first chick of 2026.

Two endangered whooping cranes found dead in fields near Saskatoon this fall tested positive for avian influenza, the first time the virus has been detected in the species’ wild bird population. The ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ducky is dead. The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin ...

A record number of whooping cranes — 557 — were spotted this winter around the Texas coast, the highest count ever recorded for the endangered birds that migrate from Canada each year, per a new ...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve heard and seen some annual winter residents of Northcentral Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma slowly flying and gliding into the area. For myself and many other people, ...

Texas has plenty of famous wildlife stops, but the Great Texas Birding Trail is at its best when you treat it like a ...

The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after ...