“That blasted crane is fishing in my pond again,” I heard my father say. I have corrected him many times, but he still refers to the great blue heron as some kind of crane. Many wildlife viewers do ...

Not too long ago, while I was photographing a great egret from Goose Island, I noticed a canoe heading our way. I thought the egret would fly away when it saw the approaching canoe, but to my surprise ...

One of the tallest and loudest birds ever to nest in Iowa is increasing in numbers after being extirpated (gone from here, but not completely extinct) by the early 1900s. The sandhill crane might be ...

Environmental groups warn that laws meant to protect rare species are being ignored — sometimes by the state itself.