Return of the cranes hits a record high: Britain’s tallest birds come back from ‘extinction’ after reintroduction programme Cranes have come back from extinction in the UK after vanishing in 1600s In 1979 a few returned to Norfolk and numbers have grown over the years Latest survey shows a record high of 64 breeding pairs … Read more
Whooping cranes ‘could be wiped out’ by an outbreak of disease or extreme weather if they carry on migrating in large groups, study warns North America’s tallest bird, the 5ft whooping crane, is critically endangered There are 500 of the birds in the wild after nearly being wiped out in the 1940s But a tendency … Read more
On the edge of death: Heart-stopping pictures show daredevils somersaulting on precipices and dangling from cranes without a harness This gallery of images includes a daredevil who dangled his feet over the side of a skyscraper in Times Square Another shows a newlywed bride hanging off the edge of a cliff in New Hampshire wearing … Read more