News The Dallas Zoo lost its first whooping crane chick to a gun. Their work is far from over Two eggs from the International Crane Foundation hatched at the zoo on May 8 and 10.

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, $16 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8028-5172-7 A visual and linguistic delight, this celebration of the endangered whooping crane delivers a subtle environmental message.

The whooping crane population wintering at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge reached a record high of 557 birds during the 2024-25 season. The population has shown steady growth, with a growth rate ...

Five feet tall, with a 7-foot wingspan, the whooping crane is a Pleistocene relic that has somehow survived into the 21st century. Slammed by hunting and habitat loss, whoopers hit a low of 22 ...

The whooping crane, the tallest bird in North America, whose numbers dwindled to fewer than 20 in 1941, is not only back from the brink of extinction but also thriving -- a comeback story, federal ...

"As (Aldo) Leopold said of the sandhill crane, these are no mere birds." This spring the ICF knows of 18 whooping crane nests in Wisconsin. Six are on private land.

The whooping crane, named Animal, also known as 16-23, was raised by the International Crane Foundation and released into the wild last year as part of a project to reintroduce more of the ...