Travel: Sandhill cranes rule the roost in Nebraska each spring The sun rises over the Platte River at the Crane Trust, where thousands of sandhill cranes roost on their migratory journey up north.

As human expansion continues to encroach on wildlife habitats, interactions between humans and animals are becoming more ...

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Sandhill cranes are social with each other and entertaining to watch at roosting sites in Nebraska’s Platte River Valley. (Photo by Brad Mellema) ...

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 — ...

Every year — perhaps dating back eons — about 500,000 sandhill cranes roost along the Platte River, swooping down in spellbinding squadrons and resembling both prehistoric pterodactyls and the ...