George Archibald, 79-year-old co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, has spent over 50 years protecting all 15 ...

Sandhill and whooping cranes, the only species of cranes in North America, have faced extinction. Sandhill crane numbers ...

Birdwatchers have a rare chance to witness thousands of the towering birds gather in wetlands and fields of the Platte River ...

Each spring, the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska becomes the backdrop for one of North America’s largest wildlife ...

We were there for a close-up view of one of North America’s greatest wildlife spectacles: the annual spring gathering of more ...

A record number of sandhill cranes gathered in Nebraska in mid-March during their annual spring migration. Matt Urbanski / Crane Trust Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again flocking ...

A flock of Sandhill Cranes flies over Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska, on March 21, 2025. (© Leesa Goodson via Courthouse News) GIBBON, Neb. (CN) — Before dawn on a recent Friday, thousands of ...

A KETV producer recently went to central Nebraska to see the sandhill crane migration.Matt Brown shared video of his experience in Gibbon at the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary.Brown ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Each year, thousands of visitors flock to Greater Nebraska to view the majestic return of the Sandhill Crane. The sights and sounds are familiar to residents of the region, ...

Flocks of cranes have been coming to the Platte River every spring for millions of years. Sandhill crane numbers have grown ...

The impressive sandhill crane migration begins in earnest during the month of March, so much so that their calls fill the air to an almost deafening degree. In the Central Flyway, cranes gather in ...