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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Since 1967, when the birds were declared federally endangered, there have been 38 known fatal shootings of whooping cranes across the species' range, which spans 11 U.S. states and the Canadian ...

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.

Wading birds that once flocked here in untold numbers have shrunken in population over the past 100-plus years, and it seems the downward spiral is continuing for some species.

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 ...