If a picture is worth a thousand words, an image of a crane is visual poetry.
Category: Black-necked Crane
Year of the Cranes – Do you know all the crane species in East Asia?
There are nine species of cranes found in the East Asia Flyway. Do you know them all?
Notes from the President – Cranes, Climate Change and the COVID Crisis
At the International Crane Foundation, we have long focused on cranes as modern-day “canaries in the coal mine,” raising awareness about the impacts of climate change on this family of cherished, endangered birds and the wonderful, wild places they (and all of us) need.
Quarantine with Cranes – Week 4 Activity
Welcome to Week 4 of Quarantine with Cranes focusing on Red-crowned Cranes!
Quarantine with Cranes – Week 3 Activity
Welcome to Week 3 of Quarantine with Cranes focusing on cranes and culture!
Notes from the President – Birds Are Disappearing
But We Can Learn From Decades of Successful Crane Conservation.
Crane Conservation Strategy – Now Available
This landmark volume provides a wealth of information to guide the conservation of the world’s fifteen species of cranes and the ecosystems where they occur. It reflects the work and knowledge of dozens of devoted colleagues in the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Crane Specialist Group.
7th Black-necked Crane Network Meeting August 2019
The Black-necked Crane Network brings together people with eclectic interests who all share a love for the “alpine crane”. Read about the Network’s recent meeting on the Tibetan Plateau in southwestern China.
Notes from the President: A New Stronghold for Black Crowned Cranes Discovered in Chad
13,885 Black Crowned Cranes!!! I’ve recently returned from a remarkable trip to Zakouma National Park in Chad, where we had the pleasure of counting the highest number of cranes ever recorded from the ground, anywhere in Africa, for any species.
Studying the alpine crane on the Tibetan Plateau
The Black-necked Crane is an iconic species of the Tibetan plateau, with almost the entire global population nesting in high-altitude wetlands in China. Ruoergai, in Sichuan province of southwest China, is one of the breeding strongholds of the species where the International Crane Foundation has been working since the early 2000s.