Whopping cranes are not born with a programmed instinct to migrate, so a group of humans stepped in to teach them the way.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will stop supporting the use of ultralight aircraft to help young whooping cranes migrate from Wisconsin to Florida each fall.
Every autumn between 2001 and 2015, an unusual aircraft took to the skies over the American Midwest and flew a little more than 40 miles per hour in an ultralight plane piloted by a person dressed ...
Year after year, during autumn over more than a decade, something unusual happened in central and eastern parts of the USA. Young whooping cranes migrated from Wisconsin to Florida following an ...
Since 2001, a Canadian nonprofit called Operation Migration has been leading endangered whooping cranes to temperate winter homes, acting as surrogate parents for cranes raised in captivity and ...
NECEDAH - Eight whooping cranes, led by ultralight aircraft, took flight Wednesday headed for Florida as part of a project designed to establish a second migratory flock of the endangered birds. The ...
Canadian artist and ultralight pilot Bill Lishman, who passed away at 78, pioneered a unique method of guiding bird migration using his aircraft after imprinting Canada Geese on his ultralight.
They’re tall, graceful and among the rarest birds on earth. Here are eight things you probably didn’t know about this awe-inspiring species. Mike Bock With its striking white plumage, graceful flight ...
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