Sandhill cranes are not at all unexpected in Ohio these days, but it wasn’t always so. By the first half of the 20th century, ...

A rare bird species that once vanished from Louisiana is making a steady comeback as four more whooping cranes were released into the wild last month. The release of the young birds, which were ...

Suddenly, over the mild cacophony of various feeder birds out back, I heard the faint guttural rattling of sandhill cranes. In a flash, I shot out into the backyard to see a flock of 33 of the ...