Editor's note: This story was updated with a new estimate for the number of cranes that have died in Indiana. So far, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not seen any evidence of the bird flu, known ...

LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — Bird flu has struck Fish Lake, as hundreds of birds, including a significant number of sandhill cranes, have dropped dead. Now the community is working to dispose of the ...

ALERT AS THE GREAT SANDHILL CRANE MIGRATION BEGINS. ROUGHLY 1 MILLION CRANES WILL CONVERGE ON CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH TO NEST FOR THE SUMMER. BUT IN INDIANA, THE BIRD FLU HAS ...

Thousands of sandhill cranes are converging in the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado as part of their annual northerly migration from New Mexico to habitat in states like Idaho and Montana. It's ...

Over 100 migrating sandhill cranes have been found dead from avian influenza at Fish Lake. An estimated 1,500 sandhill cranes in Indiana have died from bird flu this year. The current H5N1 strain ...

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Nearly 7 million chickens, turkeys and ducks at commercial farms across Indiana have contracted the highly contagious bird flu this year and concerns are rising with the disease now affecting wild ...

Sean Leone got up before the crack of dawn last month to catch a rare sight right outside his house on Fish Lake, Indiana: thousands of sandhill cranes. With their tall gray bodies and a hint of ...

An Oconomowoc police officer shot a sandhill crane after reports of its repeated damage to residents' property, causing some neighbors to wonder whether authorities could have taken other measures to ...

Remember this? A juvenile sandhill crane nicknamed 'Sandy Baby' became an unexpected local celebrity in the early-1980s after choosing crabapples over migration ...

The return of the sandhill crane to Wisconsin is a conservation success, but now the state needs to manage the population and the crop damage the birds can cause. (Wisconsin Department of Natural ...