This spring's sandhill crane migration saw a record number of birds counted in one week and no confirmed cases of bird flu ...

Captive breeding programs have boosted their numbers, and successful reintroduction efforts have raised the number of wild birds to several hundred. The massive whooping crane management effort ...

Data analyzed by USA TODAY indicates this may be the ... Though not every dead crane is being tested for bird flu, Indiana state officials confirmed that was the cause, Leone said.

Each year, sandhill cranes overwinter in the fields of southern USA. The Platte River is a stop-off point on the spring migration for more than half a million birds enroute to their breeding grounds ...

The sandhill crane population in Ohio appears to be increasing ... Sandhill cranes are one of the oldest living bird species, dating back as far as 2.5 million years. They have long legs, necks ...

According to an announcement, the Division of Wildlife will partner with the International Crane Foundation and the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative for this survey. The count will occur in 33 ...