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Whooping Cranes Near Aransas Refuge

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Information icon Two adult whooping cranes flank a young one at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo: Copyright John Humbert)

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Gulf Coast is the winter home of the only natural wild flock of endangered whooping cranes. More about the refuge here.

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A black bear in a flowery meadow
Information icon American black bear at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in Maine. (Photo: Keith Ramos/USFWS)