Tall, magnificent birds with long legs and necks, cranes spend most of their lives near the shallow water of swamps, lakes, ...

The East African Crowned Crane was last seen near Lake Sammamish State Park. A juvenile East African Crowned Crane escaped its enclosure at a zoo in Washington state earlier this week.

The Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah, WA is looking for a missing bird. The East African Crowned Crane was last seen near Lake Sammamish State Park.

Analysis - Cranes are some of the world's most majestic birds, with 15 species found globally. Four of these are found in Africa. The wattled crane in South Africa was in decline, but seems to ...

A short film about the “Srov Met Kriel” sarus crane project – a conservation initiative which encourages and supports wildlife-friendly farming – was unveiled on May 10 to celebrate World Migratory ...

This spring's sandhill crane migration saw a record number of birds counted in one week and no confirmed cases of bird flu among the cranes in the Central Flyway. Some numbers stand out during ...

Dig deeper: In 2019, the police chief in Portage, Wisconsin, issued an apology after an officer shot and killed a Sandhill crane. Police there said that bird was also pecking and damaging vehicles.

Name a more iconic place for a tattoo than your arm, I’ll wait. There’s a reason arms have been the preferred canvas for both tattoo artists and enthusiasts for decades (dare we say, centuries?). Arms ...

“Engaging a bunch of people with a scavenger hunt is such an awesome way to show people both the cultural significance of cranes across the world and also expand the idea of birds and birding to a ...

Bird flu is killing Indiana’s sandhill cranes An official with the Department of Natural Resources says this is the first time the virus has felled the majestic birds.

Crane Trust’s Nature and Visitors Center, located just south of the I-80 interchange at Alda (exit 305) is one of the best places for those visitors to learn more about the magnificent birds.

More than 1,500 sandhill cranes have been found dead in Indiana, placing them among the latest victims of the highly contagious bird flu strain H5N1, reports the Post-Tribune’s Amy Lavalley.