International Crane Foundation

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Cranes connect us! We work worldwide to conserve cranes and the ecosystems, watersheds and flyways they depend on while engaging people in resolving threats to the world's cranes and their landscapes.

A single Whooping Crane stands amid a throng of Sandhill Cranes on the Platte River in Nebraska.
A lone crane flies over a prairie landscape.
Black-necked Crane standing in its exhibit at the International Crane Foundation.
📷 George with Whooping Crane Tex, whom he spent countless hours with to form a bond to help propagate the species. International Crane Foundation Archives
Two Black-crowned Cranes at the International Crane Foundation's Crane Discovery Center.
A Whooping Crane chick takes its first breath outside its shell.
Fine silver earrings featuring a Sandhill Crane flying over mountains with the moon in the sky.
Two Black Crowned Cranes
Sandhill Crane with text bubble: Get involved in the crane count on April 12!
Two Sarus Cranes dance and call while juveniles continue foraging around them.
A grey crew sock with a Whooping Crane on the outside cuff.
Two Whooping Cranes forage in a coastal marsh in Texas.
Whooping Cranes foraging at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas.
5-11 & 12-11 at their nesting site in 2020
Whooping Cranes foraging at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. Ciming Mei
An adult Wattled Crane and chick rest on their nest. Logo for World Wildlife Day, 3 March, in the lower-left corner.
A Valentine's Day card with two Whooping Cranes unison calling and a photo of candy conversation hearts.
A flock of juvenile and adult Sarus Cranes stands in a wetland.
📷 Grey Crowned Cranes forage near local community members tending their crops in Uganda.
A portrait of a Sandhill Crane adult. Text: Annual Midwest Crane Count, April 12, Get involved at cranecount.org
A Grey Crowned Crane with its wings outspread.
Four adult Siberian Cranes and a juvenile stand in a wetland at Poyang Lake, China.
A flock of Sandhill Cranes in flight at sunset against a sherbert-colored sky.
Dr. Joseph Mwange visits a farm in Nandi County, Kenya, practicing climate-smart agriculture techniques that increase food security and reduce disturbance in local wetlands.
Grey Crowned Cranes foraging in a wetland in Rwanda.
Aerial view of the vast Kafue Flats wetland floodplain. Inset photo of an adult Wattled Crane standing near a wetland.
Four Whooping Cranes standing in a wetland at sunrise.
Two adult Blue Cranes and their chicks cross a shallow wetland, with one chick swimming.
A Siberian Crane portrait against a red background with the text: Happy Lunar New Year, The Year of the Snake
Close-up image of a Sandhill Crane with mud on its bill. Text: Annual Midwest Crane Count, April 12, Get Involved at cranecount.org
A completed puzzle of an adult and juvenile Sandhill Crane standing in a wetland