One of the great interspecies love stories of our time has come to an end. Walnut, a white-naped crane and internet celebrity, has passed away at age 42. She is survived by eight chicks ...

by 7News Staff TOPICS: FRONT ROYAL, Va. (7News) — A white-naped crane that went viral on social media a few years ago for a crush on her keeper has died after far surpassing the median life ...

Walnut, a white-naped crane and internet celebrity, has passed away at age 42. She is survived by eight chicks, the loving staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...

Walnut the crane died Jan. 2 at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute campus in Front Royal, Virginia.(Courtesy Chris Crowe, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

Walnut, a white-naped crane and internet celebrity, has passed away at age 42. She is survived by eight chicks, the loving staff at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...

She had a long, elegant neck and orange eyes. He was a jeans-and-hoodie guy. She was a white-naped crane named Walnut, who chose him as her partner. He was Chris Crowe, her keeper at the ...

Walnut, a white-naped crane and internet celebrity, has passed away at age 42. She is survived by eight chicks, the loving staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...