I’m a full-fledged “craniac” now that I’ve spent four days awestruck at one of Earth’s most epic animal migrations — on, of all places, the wind-whistling prairies of central Nebraska. Every year — ...

A steady wind rolls across the landscape, whistling through the spring growth near a nest, as a sandhill crane named Athena scans the horizon for threats and cares for her recently laid egg. These are ...

As winter approaches, snowbirds are beginning their annual migration to Arizona for more temperate weather. But it's not just the people from northern states escaping snowed-in homes. These are actual ...

It has become a yearly ritual for bird lovers, wildlife buffs, and residents of southeastern Arizona to marvel at the descent of tens of thousands of cranes on the Willcox Playa. With gray-feathered ...

PHOENIX (KVOA) - They are back! Sandhill Cranes have made their yearly return to the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area in Southeast Arizona for the Winter. The Arizona Game and Fish Department sent out a ...

McNEAL — A crescent moon hung over the dirt parking strip as dawn approached on this Saturday morning in January. Dust drifted through beams of light from vehicles on the unpaved road, giving visitors ...

She and her husband have watched a couple of sandhill cranes roosting outside their home in Oxford, Michigan, but Mindy Denninger had never seen thousands flying overhead, as they were on a recent day ...

A favorite seasonal visitor is back in Colorado — and with it, a festival in its honor. The 40th Monte Vista Crane Festival is set for the weekend of March 10, with three days of celebrating the ...