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!
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Pasadena Chalk Festival supports local arts education
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Yosemite National Park turns 132
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Zion National Park, Utah
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Death Valley National Park, California
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Take the plunge into 2021
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Borrego Badlands
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Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
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International Womens Day
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Celebrating all things Austen
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A dying breed of tree thrives in an American park
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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
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International Polar Bear Day
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A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
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A ‘Superior’ paddle
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Azaleas blooming on Hwangmaesan Mountain, South Korea
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Salmon return to the Copper River
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National Lighthouse Day
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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
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Winter at Valley Forge
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The long and wiggling path
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