Echoing through the air, the call of thousands of cranes — some endangered — at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge serves as a beacon to bird watchers. For the past 20 years, the protected lands in ...

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Only 17 to 19 of the red wolves are believed to remain within the designated 1.7 million-acre recovery area made up of public and private lands in six northeastern North Carolina counties. Despite ...

the largest congregation of bald eagles can be found at the Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Oklahoma. More:Bald eagles are no longer a rare sight in Oklahoma thanks to this ...

the largest congregation of bald eagles can be found at the Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Oklahoma. More:Bald eagles are no longer a rare sight in Oklahoma thanks to ...

According to the National Park Service, cow elk become particularly aggressive during mating ... They may be restrained or even euthanized for hurting a human. So keeping your distance from wildlife ...

She has covered everything from ancient Egyptian temples to exciting medical breakthroughs, but she particularly enjoys writing about wildlife, anthropology and the wonders of the human mind.

Her latest paintings, shared with CNN, are mostly of animals – a pig on its way to the slaughterhouse, a small fish in a bowl looking upward, with the word “horizon” written underneath.

Under Pope Francis, however, having a red hat is no guarantee of being given a position, at least not right away. Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, for example, received his red hat more than a ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to ...

If successful in its bid, the Okefenokee would be the first U.S. wildlife refuge to earn the designation. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the ...

“As one of the world’s largest intact freshwater ecosystems, it’s critical to both science and conservation,” Shannon Estenoz, assistant secretary for fish and ... but they’re all national parks, as ...