Numbers of the exquisitely graceful species are falling amid loss of food supply and habitat Few birds are quite as elegant as the blue crane. As I watched a pair feeding alongside a busy road in ...

Pakistan, July 16 -- South Africa's national bird, the blue crane, is now at greater risk of extinction after being moved from "near threatened" to "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List. Once a symbol of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: ::Overberg, South Africa South Africa's national bird, the blue crane, is now at a greater risk of extinction in the wild. ...

The blue crane, South Africa’s national bird, is now at greater risk of extinction, as a new regional assessment lists the species as “vulnerable.” “A Near-Threatened listing is no longer appropriate, ...

The Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus) is an important element of South Africa’s natural heritage. It is a flagship for conservation in agricultural landscapes, from the rolling grasslands of ...

If you’ve explored Wisconsin’s wetlands, you’ve probably come across one of two tall birds — the sandhill crane or the whooping crane. Sandhill cranes were on the brink of extinction just a century ...

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 ...

Othello is the place right now to experience one of Washington's most spectacular wildlife events, the annual migration of thousands of sandhill cranes. Each spring, these majestic birds linger around ...

A worker interacts with a blue crane in an enclosure at World of Birds in Cape Town, South Africa. Today only 25,000 to 46,000 individuals remain in the wild.Photograph: Esa Alexander/Reuters Few ...