The Red-crowned Crane is considered as the "God of Wetlands" and is highly sensitive to environmental changes. It is one of 14 bird species in China classified as critically endangered, with only ...

Cranes are large omnivorous birds that are known to perform elaborate mating dances and vocalizations. Many species exist, ...

The red-crowned crane is one of the rarest birds in the world; fewer than 3,000 survive in the wild. (The whooping crane, in North America, is even more rare, with 382 in the wild.) ...

A red-crowned crane chick is accompanied by an adult bird at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025.

An endangered East African crowned crane has escaped from Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah, Washington, prompting an urgent bird hunt by zoo staff.. The juvenile female bird was last seen around 10 ...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Instead of a manhunt, there is a bird hunt underway in east King County, to find a juvenile East African crowned crane who escaped from the Cougar Mountain Zoo Wednesday. “It ...