Only about 830 whooping cranes exist in the world but they used to number in the tens of thousands in North America alone.

The insects tend to thrive in hotter climates like Texas and Florida. Crane flies are clumsy fliers, possibly explaining why they emerge when there are few other natural predators around ...

“I watched him fly in with two sandhill cranes and ... But 1018 isn’t the only whooping crane to move from Florida to Louisiana. Since 2019, five have been relocated and three have found ...