Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is taking a toll on migrating sandhill cranes and other waterfowl as the deadly ...

In the 1800s, cranes were nearly hunted into extinction. The animals’ reemergence from death’s door is something to be ...

Birds gather by the thousands during sandhill crane migration. Visit central Nebraska to witness the magic of this bird hotspot.

NOTE: Article updated for the 2025 Sandhill Crane Festival March 21st through 23rd 2025. The Columbia National Wildlife ...

Sandhill cranes, which have a special place in the history, geography, and culture of Wisconsin, could be hunted in the Badger State if the 2025 legislature approves a bill to allow a season. A ...

The sandhill crane descending on the Wisconsin countryside is a beautiful thing. Its gray wings are long and graceful, and it doesn’t swoop — it floats in, like a cloud slipping from the sky.

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Bird watchers and nature lovers had the chance to spend Saturday learning and observing the greater sandhill cranes at ...

Sandhill cranes are gathering in large migratory flocks in early February and beginning their movements north to Wisconsin and other states.

Alabama Refuge Is a Paradise for Birders and Thousands of Migrating Sandhill Cranes DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of sandhill ...

Cranes do not speak our language. Their behaviors are often more aligned with our moral ideals — loyalty, community, honesty, honor and integrity — than many humans. In some countries, cranes ...

The sandhill crane descending on the Wisconsin countryside is a beautiful thing. Its gray wings are long and graceful, and it doesn’t swoop — it floats in, like a cloud slipping from the sky. Its ...