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

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

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

As a farm boy and conservationist, I’m here to tell you the reality: If we want to save the sandhill crane, it’s time to ...

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

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

And the impressive wings belong to the nearly 40,000 sandhill cranes that call the Sulphur Springs Valley home during the cold winter months. "Even now I sometimes get goosebumps when I sit here ...

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.

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 ...