In the wetlands of northern Japan, where the mist lingers over frozen marshes, the red-crowned crane ... Sarorun rimse (Crane Dance), the Ainu replicate the bird’s graceful movements, honoring ...

Hokkaido is home to about 1,800 of these birds--more than half the global population of red-crowned cranes, according to conservationists. Most of them inhabit eastern Hokkaido.

This tall bird has a dramatic appearance ... It gets its name from the red patch of feathers on top of its head. There are only two major populations of this crane left in the wild — one ...