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 ...

Numbers of the exquisitely graceful species are falling amid loss of food supply and habitat ...

Knowing how animals use their environments to survive and thrive is a key challenge for predicting how global climate change will affect wildlife. A global collaborative study of four species of crane ...

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 ...

Cranes are some of the world's most majestic birds, with 15 species found globally. Four of these are found in Africa. The wattled crane in South Africa was in decline, but seems to have turned a ...

A symbol of peace, black-necked cranes have been revered by Tibetan Buddhists for centuries. But this bird species is under tremendous pressure as its fragile wetland habitat is facing increasing ...

Every winter, something extraordinary happens in a small village in Rajasthan.The morning sky fills with birds.Long wings stretch overhead. Slender grey bodies ...

What is so special about wattled cranes? Wattled cranes are the largest crane species in Africa. They are only found on the continent and there are only about 9,600 left in Zambia, Botswana, Angola, ...