Many species of herons, but only two species of cranes, are found in Alabama. Herons usually are seen in ponds or creeks, ...

How do scientists follow an impressively long bird migration? They give a crane a GPS.A team of scientists used small GPS leg bands to follow 104 of these wading birds as they traveled across ...

Families can come in all sorts of different shapes, sizes, and even species, as it turns out. That’s certainly the case in Madison, Wisconsin, where a pair of sandhill cranes with a leggy young chick ...

The Midwest Crane Count will take place Saturday morning in 33 Ohio counties, including Ashland, Marion, ... Sandhill cranes are tall, wading birds with long necks and bills.

The birds were seen walking together in Plainfield on Friday. The sandhill crane is a large wading bird known for its loud, rattling calls and elaborate courtship dances.

Sandhill cranes still rare in Ohio. A sandhill crane is a tall wading bird characterized by a long neck and bill. It is mostly gray in plumage with a red patch on its forehead.

The cranes, statuesque wading birds with a long, ... Cranes, among the oldest living bird species, adopted that routine somewhere along their 2.5-million-year evolutionary history.

INDIANAPOLIS — The recent fatal shooting of an endangered whooping crane in rural Indiana is a sad reminder of the threat gunfire poses to North America's tallest birds as the ...

However, in birds, it’s a feature also present in wading birds like storks and cranes, ... The fossil of a tiny bird-like dinosaur with surprisingly long lower legs has been discovered in China.

Rare wetland birds such as cranes and great egrets have appeared within hours of the completion of a peatland restoration project, according to the National Trust. The charity began restoring 590 ...

Ever wondered if that bird you just saw is a crane or a heron? Here's a look back at a 2014 story submitted to The Gadsden Times that can help you tell the difference: “That blasted crane is ...

Ever wondered if that bird you just saw is a crane or a heron? Here's a look back at a 2014 story submitted to The Gadsden Times that can help you tell the difference: “That blasted crane is ...