Juvenile sandhill cranes are a brownish color that becomes grey during their first year. The bird also touts a distinct patch of red skin, which covers their forehead and crown.

Sandhill cranes are gray in color, which may explain the common confusion with great blue herons. Whooping cranes are almost solid white except for their black wing tips that are exposed while flying.

Many species of herons, but only two species of cranes, are found in Alabama. Herons usually are seen in ponds or creeks, ...

Summer is in full swing, and Homer’s galleries and public art spaces celebrate with new and ongoing exhibits. During First ...

Peninsula State Park in Door County has over 150 species of birds. That is why it is perfect for birders and wildlife ...

Concerts, fireworks and other hallmarks of summer can hurt your hearing long-term. But there are safe ways to enjoy them.

Jungles and grasslands are the logical destinations, and towns and farmland the labyrinths that people have imposed between ...

A Steamboat Springs resident for 52 years and a retired middle school science teacher, Winston Walker is among many hummingbird enthusiasts who are paying close attention to the flashy hummers at ...

Allegan, Michigan sits nestled along the Kalamazoo River like a well-kept secret, offering a perfect antidote to modern life’s perpetual rush.

Highlands Hammock State Park, one of Florida’s oldest state parks, sits just west of town and feels like stepping into a ...

The eastern population of sandhill cranes—which primarily nest in Wisconsin, Michigan and Ontario—has rebounded from fewer than 20,000 birds in 1979 to around 110,000 in 2023 thanks to habitat ...