Downstream is the Wood River, where the Crane Trust, founded in l978 with federal money to keep the whooping crane going ... but I saw a painting of two doing it at the Stuhr Museum in Grand ...

The whooping crane was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as threatened in 1967 and endangered in 1970. The agency said the bird’s name probably originated from the loud, single-note ...

The whooping crane was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as threatened in 1967 and endangered in 1970. The agency said the bird's name probably originated from the loud, single-note ...

The whooping crane was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as threatened in 1967 and endangered in 1970. The agency said the bird’s name probably originated from the loud, single-note ...

This is a photo of the widowed crane’s new mate she met in Louisiana, officials say. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries photo A tragic love story involving a widowed whooping crane ...

Seen up close, the whooping crane leaves little doubt that birds are descendants of dinosaurs. Standing five feet tall, they have intense gold eyes, long spear-like beaks, pure white plumage ...

Speaking at the Younes Conference Center North, he talked about seeing his first whooping crane at Rowe Sanctuary nearly 30 years ago, when Rowe was still operating inside an old farmhouse.