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Following the species' comeback, new pressures are converging on their wintering habitat along the Texas coast.

WOLFBERRY WHOOPING CRANE SANCTUARY, Texas (AP) — Carter Crouch has been fascinated by the whooping crane’s conservation story for as long as he can remember. The white bird, named for its “whooping” ...

Once on the brink of extinction, the birds now have a new sanctuary on an isolated stretch of the Gulf Coast between Corpus Christi and Houston.

Texas is the winter home of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population, the only wild, self-sustaining flock of whooping cranes left on Earth. The birds migrate each fall from breeding grounds in Canada to ...

Jan. 4—Echoing through the air, the call of thousands of cranes — some endangered — at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge serves as a beacon to bird watchers. For the past 20 years, the protected lands ...

SEADRIFT — Estimates that a record 250-plus endangered whooping cranes are expected to begin their annual autumn migration to the Texas coast usually would be cause for celebration among backers of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WOLFBERRY WHOOPING CRANE SANCTUARY, Texas — Carter Crouch has been fascinated by the whooping crane’s conservation ...