Every year the northern half of Asia is transformed by snow and ice. Here an array of remarkable creatures defy some of the ...

An international nongovernmental organization’s proposal to downgrade the red-crowned crane in an animal preservation list has triggered a wave of protests in and outside Japan. The bird species ...

The red-crowned crane is a vigilant bird that often chooses to nest and breed hidden in the reed beds in relatively shallow ...

One of the rarest species of crane has hatched for the first time at a conservation site in Lancashire. The endangered red-crowned crane chick was born at WWT Martin Mere Wetlands Centre in Burscough.

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 ...

The Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Heilongjiang province has released over 380 red-crowned cranes into the wild, making it the world's largest and most populous breeding and habitat site for wild ...

This tall bird has a dramatic appearance ... It gets its name from the red patch of feathers on top of its head. There are only two major populations of this crane left in the wild — one ...