Ultralights get in the way of whooping crane migration
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THE ADVENTURE: Whooping cranes are making their migration from Wisconsin to Florida, guided by an ultralight plane and pilots dressed to look like cranes.
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High winds in central Indiana today kept a flock of 14-young whooping cranes from continuing their journey south to Florida. The birds and their human guides in ultralight planes are in Boone County, having
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Helicopters flights are used to count endangered orang-utans in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo.
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MAN VERSUS BEAST: Overtrapping and overhunting in the early 20th century drove many species &#151; river otters, black bears and Canada geese, for example &#151; from their natural habitats.
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Outfitting swans with super-light   Teflon backpacks containing solar-powered GPS satellite   transmitters is the latest way scientists and researchers are   trying to fight the spread of avian influenza.
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A whooping crane believed killed with 17 others in severe Florida storms may be alive, because a signal transmitting from the bird indicates it survived, an official said Sunday.
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By RELMA HARGUS  A Thanksgiving trip Keri Bryan and her family took to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas brought them into the presence of a record number of wild whooping cranes.  Whooping cranes have been endangered for years.
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With its great plains of concrete and endless shopping malls, Long Island would seem an unlikely location for wildlife research. Yet this winter a team of waterfowl biologists will follow
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By Tom Uhlenbrock  Editor's note  This story was written before 17 whooping cranes were killed in severe Florida storms recently. The birds were part of Operation Migration, a project to restore a migrating flock from Wisconsin to Florida.
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Some of the flying mammals find their way home by sensing Earth's magnetic field, just like migrating birds, new research suggests.
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By James A. Carlson  MILWAUKEE - All 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida, a spokesman said.
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If it seems quiet in your back yard these days, it&#39;s probably because so many species of birds have flown the coop, bound south on their migratory journeys.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters â is under way.
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Wildlife agencies are re-examining some longstanding approaches to cultivating waterfowl populations.
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By Salatheia Bryant, Houston Chronicle  Jun. 12--The whooping crane could be removed from the endangered species list by 2035 if current recovery efforts continue to show progress, say federal officials based in Texas.   U.S.
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Science & environment: Sightings of reclusive bird known for boom-like call at highest level since detailed monitoring began in 1990.
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Scientists believe they could be a step closer to solving the mystery of how the first birds took to the air.