The sandhill crane – which dates back 40 million years – has a red forehead; white cheeks; and a long, dark, pointed bill. Male and female look alike.

Sandhill crane fun facts Diet: omnivore, plants, grains, insects, grubs, mice, snakes, worms Average life span in the wild: 20 years Height: 31.5 to 47.2 inches Wingspan: 5 to 7 feet Weight: 6.5 ...

PLAINFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A family of sandhill cranes was caught on camera in Plainfield, a species of bird in Massachusetts that is of high conservation need. 22News received this photo of a ...

A sandhill crane pair takes a stroll with its colt and adopted Canada gosling in Madison. Cynthia Carlson Whether the gosling will make it to adulthood and attempt to migrate remains an open question.

A crowned crane fossil, estimated to be about 10 million years old, was found in the Ashfall Beds in northeast Nebraska. These cranes were a close relative of sandhill cranes.

A sandhill crane stands over a Canada gosling it adopted in Madison, Wisconsin. Such interspecies adoptions appear to have become more common in recent years.© Cynthia Carlson ...

Sandhill Crane Migration Each March, over half a million sandhill cranes gather along Nebraska’s Platte River in one of Earth’s largest bird migrations.

The oldest known sandhill crane fossil is about 2.5 million years old. Ferguson also learned about their intricate courtship rituals where pairs of cranes dance for each other.

The event featured 100 art, beer and food vendors. Some of the stars from the event included Ogma Brewing Co. in Jackson, Sandhill Crane Vineyards in Leoni Township and Burgdorf Winery in Webberville.

On Wednesday, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) launched an interactive map of the world highlighting where the routes of 1,400 whales collide with threats from ships, noise, fossil fuel projects ...

Recent scholarship has concluded that Neanderthals made a second major migration from Eastern Europe to Central and Eastern Eurasia between 120,000 and 60,000 years ago. But the routes they took ...