It's a sure-fire sign of spring, the return of sandhill cranes to the plains, creeks and lakes of Montana. Here's some neat things you may not know about the large birds. 5. Sandhills cranes are the ...

From sandhill cranes over the Rio Grande to canyon frogs in Havasu, explore the wild sounds that signal spring across the ...

The weather had turned brutal at the Port Aransas Whooping Crane Festival last February. I was leading a shorebird identification workshop along the beach near the jetty off Cotter Avenue, and a cold ...

ECKERT — It's when bird watching meets bird waiting. More than 100 people flocked to the viewing area for Eckert Crane Days to watch the annual liftoff of the sandhill cranes on March 17. They waited, ...

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back.

People have pondered the question for centuries: How do migrating birds find their way between far-flung breeding and wintering grounds? Do they have some genetic GPS to steer them along time-honored ...