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 have turned a ...

Once hailed as a conservation comeback kid, South Africa’s blue crane – the elegant, blue-grey national bird that once ...

Cranes are omnivores, consuming small invertebrates and vertebrates, seeds, fruits, grain and plants. They will also steal eggs from other bird nests.

In Louisiana, a self-sustaining population of whooping cranes would require about 120 birds with 30 reproducing pairs to survive in the wild for a decade. "This is the point of what we do," Dunn ...

Whooping cranes are large-bodied, white birds with a red head and black facial markings. They measure five feet tall (1.5 meters) and have a wingspan of 7 to 8 feet (2.1 to 2.4 meters).

The total whooping crane population is estimated at 500 birds in North America. They travel through Oklahoma during migrations to and from their breeding grounds in Texas.

Mar 16, 2022 Mar 16, 2022 Updated 1 hr ago Every March, thousands of greater sandhill cranes migrate through the San Luis Valley, in a natural occurrence so spectacular that the community of Monte ...

Sandhill cranes have been around for a long time which is another reason that I find them so fascinating. Fossils from the Macasphalt Shell pit in Florida have been dated at 2.5 million years.

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.