The whooping crane is the tallest bird in America and one of the rarest species in the world, and some of them are leaving Maryland. By the 1940s, there were only 20 whooping cranes left.

The recent deaths of an estimated 1,500 sandhill cranes in Indiana due to bird flu has increased concerns for endanagered whooping cranes, including those that nest in Wisconsin.

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

While bird flu concerns are increasing across the country, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has been protecting its flock from the virus for years.

More than 1,500 iconic sandhill cranes have been killed by bird flu in Indiana, officials say, the latest development in the spread of the highly infectious respiratory illness. Volunteers in ...

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.

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled ...

Crane Trust officials say they've never seen such a big jump in numbers of cranes arriving in Nebraska for the spring migration.

Bird flu hits Montgomery County, with outbreak in backyard chickens Officials say there have been 11 outbreaks of the H5N1 virus among birds in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.

Sandhill crane season opened Saturday in the western half of Oklahoma but those birds are not to be confused with whooping cranes, which are endangered and federally protected.

Over 100 migrating sandhill cranes have been found dead from avian influenza at Fish Lake. An estimated 1,500 sandhill cranes in Indiana have died from bird flu this year.

While bird flu concerns are increasing across the country, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has been protecting its flock from the virus for years.