The sound and sight of so many cranes clustered ... according to the International Crane Foundation. Migratory whooping cranes depend on freshwater wetland habitats in Texas and the southeast ...

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 ...

PORT ARANSAS, Texas — Thousands of people from across the world have gathered in Port Aransas for a rare opportunity to observe the endangered whooping crane during the 28th annual Whooping ...

To read about the whooping cranes that winter at Wheeler, visit the International Crane Foundation's whoopermap.savingcranes.org. "I hope the festival inspires attendees to get outdoors more in ...

The whooping crane was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as threatened in 1967 and endangered in 1970. The agency said the bird’s name probably originated from the loud, single-note ...

The chick’s parents came from ICF headquarters in Baraboo as part of the Whooping Crane Reintroduction Program. One parent was costume-reared —staff dress in crane costumes to ...

(KLFY) — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are still looking for leads regarding an endangered whooping crane that was found dead in ...

KEARNEY — It’s almost impossible to be in the right place at the right time to see an endangered whooping crane, even though the tall white whoopers with black wingtips and red caps stand out ...