Thousands of Nebraskans who visit the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge each summer have likely seen an elk or two before launching canoes and tubes down the river. For almost a century, the regal animals have been confined to the refuge ...

Hundreds of sandhill cranes rained from the sky on a perfect autumn afternoon above the most beautiful river in Nebraska. The three Lincoln men who witnessed the migrating birds couldn’t believe their good fortune. Then it got better. Whoopers are ...