Tall, magnificent birds with long legs and necks, cranes spend most of their lives near the shallow water of swamps, lakes, streams, and ponds to hunt for prey and construct their nests. There are 15 ...

Cranes are large omnivorous birds known for their vocalizations and for performing elaborate mating dances. There are 15 species of cranes in the family Gruidae. With long legs and a large torso, ...

Tall, graceful, and among the rarest birds on earth. Here are eight things you probably didn't know about this awe-inspiring ...

On Friday, Dec. 6, I was toiling away in my home office. 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 ...

Spotting a Eurasian collard dove is not normally exciting for a birder in Indiana. But when Jim Brown recently learned one had been seen in Greene County near Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area, he was ...

Some pairs of cranes in India, known for their monogamous devotion, seem to bring in a third bird to act like a kind of avian au pair. By Elizabeth Preston Cranes have a reputation as romantics. The ...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is heralding the five whooping crane chicks that hatched and survived to leave the nest this year as a tremendous step for the reintroduction of the ...

There are many reasons why the cranes may be easily confused with the storks due to their similarity. Besides the fact that both of the animals live in the same type of habitat, another factor which ...

A nature reserve has played a vital role in helping restore numbers of the UK's tallest bird species during a record-breaking breeding year. The RSPB's Lakenheath Fen site in Suffolk has been home to ...