"It's really shocking," Lacy said of the crane deaths. "That magnitude of that loss makes us worried not only about sandhill ...

Q. I saw the following quote on a poster at a wildlife sanctuary in Florida: “Cranes are large birds with long beaks found on ...

Of the 15 distinct species of cranes, two migratory cranes (sandhill and whooping) seem to be prime candidates for colonizing ...

via Unspalsh Few migratory spectacles rival the sight and sound of Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis ... habitats and wintering grounds for these avian jewels. The Whooping Crane (Grus americana) ...

People of any age can get whooping cough. "You make a sound like a crane whooping where you're going to grab in all the air, and that's where it gets the name whooping cough," said Dr. Rebecca ...

The Sound of Music became one of the world’s most enduring and beloved movie musicals following its release in March 1965. In 1997, Andrews was forced to quit the Broadway revival of Victor ...

Far from mere displays of color or sound, these courtship rituals often include elaborate ... aims to secure the attention of the comparatively subdued females. Whooping Crane. Image via Depositphotos ...

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 ...

“We did confirm them,” Krohn said. “We can say the whooping crane migration has started.” Several species of ducks, geese, raptors and shore birds have been spotted along with local ...

In the wake of an unprecedented mass die-off of sandhill cranes due to bird flu in Indiana, wildlife specialists are expressing heightened concerns over the potential impact of the disease to ...

A round of applause, please: Scientists have finally figured out what’s behind the sound of clapping. The research pinpoints a mechanism called a Helmholtz resonator — the same acoustic ...