Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly persistent strain of avian influenza, killing at least 1,500 of the migrating birds in recent weeks, according to a biologist with the Indiana ...

In the wake of an unprecedented mass die-off of sandhill cranes due to bird flu in Indiana, wildlife specialists are expressing heightened concerns over the potential impact of the disease to birds as ...

ABOUT THE CONCERNS. WHILE SANDHILL CRANES ARE A COMMON AND OFTEN WELCOME SIGHT HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY, SITES LIKE THIS ARE LITTLE BIT LESS WELCOME AND CAUSE FOR CONCERN. SANDHILL CRANES ARE BEING ...

SEYMOUR, Ind. — On Highway 50 near Seymour, Indiana, there is a scene of sandhill cranes in the marsh: both dead and alive. Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said this species is another ...

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Editor's note: This story was updated with a new estimate for the number of cranes that have died in Indiana. So far, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not seen any evidence of the bird flu, known ...

Mar. 25—The whooping crane is one of the rarest species in the world with only around 850 individuals found globally. Despite their rarity, Indiana provides temporary pit stops for migrating whooping ...

ALERT AS THE GREAT SANDHILL CRANE MIGRATION BEGINS. ROUGHLY 1 MILLION CRANES WILL CONVERGE ON CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH TO NEST FOR THE SUMMER. BUT IN INDIANA, THE BIRD FLU HAS ...

Officials say that dozens of migrating sandhill cranes were found dead at a Northwest Indiana lake in recent days, with bird flu the suspected cause of death. According to the Indiana Department of ...

The bird flu is taking out wildlife in some parts of Indiana. Birds known as the sandhill cranes are turning up dead on frozen lakes in LaPorte County, Indiana.Around 600 cranes have died in Jackson ...

There is a heightened alert as the great sandhill crane migration begins. An estimated million cranes will converge on central Nebraska as they make their annual trek north to nest for the summer.