Birdwatchers have a rare chance to witness thousands of the towering birds gather in wetlands and fields of the Platte River Valley.

During nesting season, pairs of Sandhill Cranes will become incredibly protective of the area around their nest. Tall, wading ...

Editor's note: This story was updated with a new estimate for the number of cranes that have died in Indiana. So far, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not seen any evidence of the bird flu, known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Oconomowoc police officer shot a sandhill crane after reports of its repeated damage to residents' property, causing some ...

MARTIN COUNTY — Meredith Bigelow stepped outside and found herself in a standoff with a 4-foot-tall sandhill crane. "The bird was standing by the front of my car, just pecking at it, like super ...

Each spring, the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska becomes the backdrop for one of North America’s largest wildlife ...

One of the most graceful birds on Earth is the sandhill crane. These tall, slate gray birds with a bright red cap breed in the open grasslands, wetlands and prairies of northern North America. They ...

The impressive sandhill crane migration begins in earnest during the month of March, so much so that their calls fill the air ...

Some places beg for attention with flashy signs, crowded parking lots, and endless shelves of matching souvenirs. In Colorado, this one takes the opposite approach. It stays wonderfully quiet ...

ALERT AS THE GREAT SANDHILL CRANE MIGRATION BEGINS. ROUGHLY 1 MILLION CRANES WILL CONVERGE ON CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH TO NEST FOR THE SUMMER. BUT IN INDIANA, THE BIRD FLU HAS ...

Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly persistent strain of avian influenza, killing at least 1,500 of the migrating birds in recent weeks, according to a biologist with the Indiana ...