With deep nostalgia, Bishop James Omolo Akonya of The Holy Trinity Church of Africa, known as Hera in Luoland, fondly recalls the 'owang: owang' (crane) birdsong as the iconic noble birds used to ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s national bird, the grey crested crane, is facing mounting threats from habitat destruction, poisoning, illegal capture, and human encroachment on ...

Once a familiar sight across many landscapes, the majestic grey crowned crane is now facing an increasingly uncertain future. The large-scale wheat and maize farms, which once supported crane ...

Jan. 15—Hundreds of nature lovers flocked to Decatur this weekend for the 11th annual Festival of the Cranes, a celebration of the migratory cranes that visit Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge every ...

The pair of grey crowned cranes at the Amanzimtoti Civic gardens. Photo: Bruce Munro BIRD of the week scribe and avid bird watcher, Bruce Munro, recently spotted a pair of grey crowned cranes at the ...

Visitors to the Hula Lake Park at this time of year used to be able to sit in a bird blind on a field surrounded by thousands of cackling gray cranes. Just before sunset, the birds would lift off as ...

Our endemic blue crane – our national bird – is often found in the Western Cape farmlands. IN his lyrical book on the cranes of the world, ‘The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes,’ nature writer ...

In Rwanda’s lush green grasslands, romance isn’t dead, but it’s had a brush with extinction in recent years. The country’s gray crowned cranes – birds which dance for each other, often pair for life ...

The Toronto Zoo is asking visitors to treat a pair of seemingly angry birds with kindness. That’s because these grey-necked crowned cranes, named Huckleberry and Baroness, are nesting and are being ...

Dr Olivier Nsengimana, a Rwandan veterinarian, has been awarded the 2025 Whitley Gold Award, worth £100,000 (approx. Rwf192 million) for his leadership in protecting the Grey Crowned Crane and wetland ...