Tall, graceful, and among the rarest birds on earth. Here are eight things you probably didn't know about this awe-inspiring ...

Tall, magnificent birds with long legs and necks, cranes spend most of their lives near the shallow water of swamps, lakes, streams, and ponds to hunt for prey and construct their nests. There are 15 ...

For the first time in 103 years, hunters will have a chance to bag a sandhill crane in Alabama. More than 15,000 of the long-legged gray birds migrate through northern Alabama each winter, stopping to ...

The International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 crane species.

LAKE SAMMAMISH, Wash. — A juvenile East African crowned crane who escaped from the Cougar Mountain Zoo this week has returned home safely after an adventure around Lake Sammamish, which included ...

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 ...

When the two crane chicks arrived at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center last spring, they had been separated from their parent, who had a badly injured leg. That parent was “elusive,” center ...

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SEATTLE -- In Washington state, it wasn't a flock of seagulls that ran so far away, but a single rare bird that managed to sneak out of her habitat at a zoo outside of Seattle. And on Friday morning, ...

A thickwitted crane surprised one resident when it kept trying to peck its own reflection on her glass door. In the clip, captured in Windermere, Florida, loud banging noises can be heard coming from ...