A record number of whooping cranes — 557 — were spotted this winter around the Texas coast, the highest count ever recorded ...

The whooping crane population that winters in Texas, the migratory flock, was reduced to 15 or 16 birds in 1941. That’s all there were. They have slowly increased, maybe there are 550 today, but ...

The whooping crane courtship dance is complex, with both dancers alternately tossing twigs, leaping skyward, running back and forth, and flapping their wings—or arms, in Archibald’s case.

For a time in the 1950s, two of the most famous whooping cranes in the world lived at the Aransas Wildlife Refuge in Aransas County. Josephine — at the time known as Joe — was found injured by ...

Of dancing sandhill cranes, ... We went two weeks earlier than usual, hoping to spot a whooping crane. (We did not.) Many crops were unharvested. I enjoyed seeing sandhills, ...

Whooping cranes are still endangered, with around 800 worldwide and over 500 in Texas. The festival is key in raising awareness for their conservation.

Whooping crane 1018 was relocated from an Osceola County neighborhood to Louisiana on March 6, 2025. He will live in a colony with dozens of other whooping cranes.