Whooping cranes are almost solid white except for their black wing tips that are exposed while flying. Cultivated grains make up the majority of a crane’s diet. The neck of a crane is much ...

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One of the great interspecies love stories of our time has come to an end. Walnut, a white-naped crane and internet celebrity, has passed away at age 42. She is survived by eight chicks ...

Walnut the crane died Jan. 2 at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute campus in Front Royal, Virginia.(Courtesy Chris Crowe, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...