How whooping cranes rebounded from 14 to 500 in a few decades

A record number of whooping cranes — 557 — were spotted this winter around the Texas coast, the highest count ever recorded for the endangered birds that migrate from Canada each year, per a new report. Why it matters: Only about 14 adult whooping cranes remained on the Texas coast in 1941, according to the report's lead author. The latest count marks a major milestone in the species' recovery from the edge of extinction. By the numbers: The...