Walnut, endangered white-naped crane, passes away at Smithsonian National Zoo
One of the great interspecies love stories of our time has come to an end. Walnut, a white-naped crane and internet celebrity, has died at the age of 42. She is survived by her eight chicks, the loving staff of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, and Walnut’s cherished human caretaker, Chris Crow. […]