(WLUK) -- An endangered whooping crane, set to be released into the wild, died earlier this month from bird flu. The International Crane Foundation says the loss marks the first confirmed death of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: National Audubon Society With only about 20 whooping cranes left globally in the 1940s, the species once seemed ...

A symbol of peace, black-necked cranes have been revered by Tibetan Buddhists for centuries. But this bird species is under tremendous pressure as its fragile wetland habitat is facing increasing ...

A record number of sandhill cranes gathered in Nebraska in mid-March during their annual spring migration. Matt Urbanski / Crane Trust Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again flocking ...

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 ...