The Easter bunny didn’t visit the San Antonio Zoo this year, but the local institution still got a gift in its basket. Yesterday, the zoo announced that one of its whooping cranes — a species that ...

Following the species' comeback, new pressures are converging on their wintering habitat along the Texas coast.

The whooping crane population wintering at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge reached a record high of 557 birds during the 2024-25 season. The population has shown steady growth, with a growth rate of ...

They make an engaging sight, these tall, proud birds do. With snow-white bodies and bright, red-feathered heads, the beautiful whooping crane really doesn't walk. It struts and sways its long, ...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve heard and seen some annual winter residents of Northcentral Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma slowly flying and gliding into the area. For myself and many other people, ...

RACINE - Picture a dozen eggs, make it a baker's dozen, and add two more. That's how few whooping cranes were left in the world before people woke up to the plight of this magnificent American bird.

NECEDAH (AP) — A longtime effort to reintroduce a critically endangered bird in Wisconsin could be on track for the first record year since its inception in 2001, according to wildlife experts. An ...