Norwood Park resident Tarik Shahzad spotted 296 species of birds in 2025, breaking the Cook County Birding Big Year record for the second year in a row.

Some residents along the Gulf Coast are creating habitat for the endangered birds on their properties, but development, ...

Cranes are large omnivorous birds known for their vocalizations and for performing elaborate mating dances. There are 15 species of cranes in the family Gruidae. With long legs and a large torso, ...

A rare bird species that once vanished from Louisiana is making a steady comeback as four more whooping cranes were released into the wild last month. The release of the young birds, which were raised ...

More than 14,000 sandhill cranes, along with several endangered whooping cranes, are spending the winter there. This area is ...

Two endangered whooping cranes found dead in fields near Saskatoon this fall tested positive for avian influenza, the first ...

It's Michigan's largest, oldest bird species, unchanged in more than 2.5 million years; a tall, graceful bird beloved by birdwatchers for its unique trumpeting song. It's also a major nuisance to ...

A whooping crane chick died from highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in September in Wisconsin, the first known mortality of the endangered species from the disease, according to the ...

(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 ...

Two sandhill cranes walked together through a marshy area Thursday, Aug. 13, near Common Goods thrift store in Baxter. The species of crane is one of the largest birds found in Minnesota, standing ...