The sandhill cranes’ most famous act is their dance, often a courtship ritual that begins with a low, regal bow followed by calls and movements. “Cranes produce an elaborate series of displays ...

A fossil from the Miocene Epoch, some ten million years ago, was found to be structurally the same as the modern sandhill crane. Today, these large birds are found predominately in North America.

As dawn broke in the eastern sky, it was -5 degrees on a crystal clear February morning at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico. The sky ...

The sandhill crane population in Ohio appears to be increasing. Last year, 412 sandhill cranes were counted in Ohio, up from 357 the previous year. This year's crane count will take place this ...

A KETV producer recently went to central Nebraska to see the sandhill crane migration.Matt Brown shared video of his experience in Gibbon at the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary ...

The sandhill crane descending on the Wisconsin countryside ... And it is prone to dance, bowing and leaping in a ritual that it has honed for eons as one of Earth’s oldest animals.

The cranes, specifically sandhill cranes, are making themselves comfortable once again in Wisconsin as temperatures warm up after their winter vacation, according to Department of Forest and Wildlife ...

A record number of sandhill cranes gathered in Nebraska in mid-March during their annual spring migration. Matt Urbanski / Crane Trust Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again ...

Dead birds float in Fish Lake in Indiana. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says for the first time, sandhill cranes are being killed by bird flu. Michael Puente/WBEZ Share Sean Leone ...

(WLUK) -- As sandhill cranes continue to return to Wisconsin for the season, the species is once again in the legislative spotlight. Lawmakers are weighing a ne w bill which could allow for a ...

Volunteers will help count the number of sandhill cranes seen or heard in designated areas. These areas include habitats where sandhill cranes typically nest, such as wet meadows, shallow marshes ...