The Red-crowned Crane is considered as the "God of Wetlands" and is highly sensitive to environmental changes. It is one of 14 bird species in China classified as critically endangered, with only ...

Zhalong State Nature Reserve for Red-Crowned Cranes, the largest artificial breeding center for the species in China, is on high alert for bird flu following reports about an outbreak of the deadly ...

Four red-crowned cranes have been spotted in Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta's Dong Thap Province, signaling hope of a resurgence for the endangered species. The cranes appeared in the ...

Fu Jianguo is the type of person who would spend his life in complete silence if others didn’t initiate conversations. In his 30-year career as a bird conservationist, the 55-year-old has gotten used ...

What is it? It is one of the world's largest birds. It's also one of the largest cranes, a type of wading bird that is admired for its graceful movements. In Asia, cranes have been honored for ...

North and South Korea are collaborating to save one of the world's most endangered bird species, red-crowned cranes. Michael S. Yamashita Choi Jong Soo and I are driving down a two-lane highway ...

Authorities of the Zhalong Crane Breeding Center, based in the northeastern Heilongjiang Province and the largest center of its kind in China, are taking emergency measures to prevent the occurrence ...

More than 5,000 people are to be relocated to protect a colony of red-crowned cranes, an endangered species with a worldwide population of only 2,000. The bird is an important symbol in Chinese ...

Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. The Cincinnati Zoo is chirping with joy this week as they celebrate the birth of a ...

Wetlands, the "kidneys of the Earth", are considered one of the three major ecosystems on Earth, along with forests and oceans. Hosting a diverse range of terrestrial and aquatic plant and animal ...