A record number of whooping cranes — 557 — were spotted this winter around the Texas coast, the highest count ever recorded for the endangered birds that migrate from Canada each year, per a new ...

The whooping crane population wintering at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge reached a record high of 557 birds during the 2024-25 season. The population has shown steady growth, with a growth rate of ...

In this week’s segment of “North Dakota Outdoors,” host Mike Anderson tells us about a large, white bird with black-tipped wings that travels through North Dakota every spring and fall – the whooping ...

BARABOO, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials with the International Crane Foundation, headquartered in Wisconsin, have confirmed the first death of an Endangered Whooping Crane due to Highly Pathogenic Avian ...

BARABOO, Wis. (WKOW) -- The International Crane Foundation has announced the death of an endangered whooping crane, Ducky. Ducky died earlier in September due to bird flu. “We are deeply saddened by ...

The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after ...

A whooping crane chick died from avian flu in Wisconsin, the first known death of the endangered species from the disease. The H5N1 virus has been circulating in North America since late 2021, killing ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service this week reported steady growth in the population of the rarest crane in the world. The endangered whooping crane has seen a promising expansion of its flock after the ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ducky is dead. The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin ...