The Dallas Zoo's Whooping Crane Center of Texas (WCCT) successfully released a juvenile whopping crane into the wild population in Louisiana on Sunday, Nov. 12. In June, the whooping crane egg was ...

The Dallas Zoo’s mission includes a focus on saving whooping cranes, an endeavor it recently pushed forward by releasing into its natural habitat the first-ever whooping crane chick hatched at its ...

Chris Corpus (left), director of conservation at the Dallas Zoo, George Archibald (center), the co-founder and lead conservationist of the International Crane Foundation, and Carter Crouch, director ...

When it comes to whooping cranes, Emily Dickinson was right. "Hope is the thing with feathers." In 1942, there were only 21 whooping cranes known to be in existence — six in Louisiana and 15 in Texas.

AUSTWELL, Tex. -- -- AUSTWELL, Tex. -- One of the most beloved groups of winter Texans is back, in the largest number in a century and with a record 45 youngsters in tow, including an even rarer seven ...

They make an engaging sight, these tall, proud birds do. With snow-white bodies and bright, red-feathered heads, the beautiful whooping crane really doesn't walk. It struts and sways its long, ...

ACADIA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The radio receiver is tuned to a tiny transmitter on the leg of a whooping crane. “Generally, the closer you get, the louder the signal is,” says Sara Zimorski. Zimorski is ...

Officials are searching for information regarding the death of an endangered species, after they discovered the animal had been shot. The Dallas Zoo said in a social media post on Wednesday, March 13, ...