For Endangered Species Day, celebrated annually on the third Friday of May, we"re featuring the whooping crane, one of only two crane species found in North America. Once seen throughout midwestern North America, whooping cranes were driven perilously close to extinction by the early 1940s, with fewer than two dozen birds in the wild. Thanks to conservation efforts, their numbers have now risen to more than 600. While that"s good news, this limited recovery is still fragile, and these incredible creatures remain imperiled, particularly by the loss of their wetland habitat.
Whoopin it up!
Today in History
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An ancient sailing tradition takes to the water
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Hyalite Creek at Custer Gallatin National Forest, Montana
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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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Satellite image of sand and seaweed in the Bahamas
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Happy Easter!
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Take the Stairs Day
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Who doesn’t love a ‘Puppy’?
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A path to access
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Earth Day and National Park Week
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Mount Pico, Portugal
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Put your flippers in the air…
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Fiesta at Siesta
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Nothing plain about it
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Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
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Sitka shines on Alaska Day
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Aprils full moon
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Computer science on the page
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A magnificent monolith
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Cecropia leaf and lobster claw petals in Mexico
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International Sloth Day
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Sharp-dressed bug
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Combating extinction with citizen science
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World Parrot Day
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International Day for Biodiversity
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Batten down the hatches
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Bear cubs roughhouse on Siblings Day
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Happy birthday, Capitol Reef National Park
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It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?
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When an ideal microclimate gives you lemons…