A graceful giant of wetlands and grasslands, this bird's trumpeting call echoes across Europe and Asia during its spectacular migrations. The Common Crane is a tall, long-necked bird with ...

This towering wetland dweller, standing up to 6 feet tall, is the world's tallest flying bird and a cultural icon across its Asian range. The Sarus Crane is the tallest flying bird, with a striking ...

This decline saw the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) put the crested crane on its red list of endangered bird species in 2012. Conservationists recommend farmers use ...

The incoming birds at the 34th Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival on Jan. 18 and 19 appeared to be healthy and plentiful in Birchwood on the Hamilton-Meigs county line as flocks of the tall ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based on specimens collected since the 1800s, finds ...

Four days later, the Metro Richmond Zoo in Chesterfield County announced that a deceased crane tested positive for the bird flu and a second crane presumptively died from the same cause.

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The city of St. Petersburg wants the state of Florida to devise new safety standards after a crane crashed into a building during Hurricane Milton. A tower crane at the Residences at 400 Central ...

Sandhill cranes are one of the oldest living bird species; possibly the oldest, if a 9-million-year-old crane humerus unearthed in Nebraska belongs to the species. Confirmed sandhill crane fossils ...