Zhalong State Nature Reserve for Red-Crowned Cranes, the largest artificial breeding center for the species in China, is on high alert for bird flu following reports about an outbreak of the deadly ...

Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has previously appeared in USA Today and Washington Life Magazine. The Cincinnati ...

Red-crowned crane chicks have fun next to an adult bird at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua) A ...

Fu Jianguo is the type of person who would spend his life in complete silence if others didn’t initiate conversations. In his 30-year career as a bird conservationist, the 55-year-old has gotten used ...

Wetlands, the "kidneys of the Earth", are considered one of the three major ecosystems on Earth, along with forests and oceans. Hosting a diverse range of terrestrial and aquatic plant and animal ...

The Korean Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, is 160 miles of unoccupied land separating the armed troops of North and South Korea. Despite the violence that these forces threaten, the 2½ -mile-wide stretch ...

Four red-crowned cranes have been spotted in Tram Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta's Dong Thap Province, signaling hope of a resurgence for the endangered species. The cranes appeared in the ...