This story appears in the June 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Nearly grazing the treetops, a tiny red plane swoops in dizzying circles over the bogs and forests of Canada's Wood ...

By the 1950s, they had vanished from Louisiana. The department’s Whooping Crane Reintroduction Project has released more than 150 birds that were hatched in captivity or brought to Louisiana ...

details Stephanie Schmidt, lead outreach biologist at the International Crane Foundation. “...A pretty impressive 7-8 foot ...

Species like bison and the endangered whooping crane are expected to benefit from these programs. “Through these awards, and in partnership with Tribes, NGOs, state partners, and others ...