Eleven whooping cranes are catching a plane from Maryland to Louisiana, where the species was all but wiped out decades ago, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Once in Louisiana, they'll be ...

Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly persistent strain of avian influenza, killing at least 1,500 of the migrating birds in recent weeks, according to a biologist with the Indiana ...

LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — Bird flu has struck Fish Lake, as hundreds of birds, including a significant number of sandhill cranes, have dropped dead. Now the community is working to dispose of the ...

ARE DOING. THE ZOO HAS HAD PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR TEN YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO THE AVIAN FLU, AND THOSE PROTOCOLS KEEP EVOLVING. WE HAVE OVER 220 BIRDS IN OUR COLLECTION HERE AT THE ZOO, AND ANY OF THEM ...

Sean Leone got up before the crack of dawn last month to catch a rare sight right outside his house on Fish Lake, Indiana: thousands of sandhill cranes. With their tall gray bodies and a hint of ...

Editor's note: This story was updated with a new estimate for the number of cranes that have died in Indiana. So far, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not seen any evidence of the bird flu, known ...

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