Grey Crowned Crane bird in rainforest Image via Depositphotos The red-crowned crane is a symbol of longevity and good fortune in Japanese culture. Known for its striking appearance, with a vibrant red ...

The 25-year-old endangered bird was a fixture of Buena Lago neighborhood under construction outside St. Cloud.

Matt Urbanski / Crane Trust Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again flocking to central Nebraska during their annual migration—and so far, the leggy birds appear to be unaffected ...

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Super Sandhill Crane! The field guides describe the crane family as: Tall birds with long necks and legs. Tertials, the feathers located at the ...

It is a large, wading bird with long black legs, long neck and black, chisel-shaped beak. Adults are usually 4 feet tall, with a wingspan of about 6 feet. The lesser sandhill crane subspecies is ...

While the closely-related sandhill crane often aggregates in flocks of 50 or more birds, whooping cranes rarely migrate in groups larger than eight birds. Birds spotted in the state are part of the ...