Despite appearing on the Great Seal of the U.S. since 1782, the bald eagle has never legally been recognized as the national ...

“While most people assume the bald ... a bald eagle. But no formal recognition ever followed–until this year. Benjamin Franklin allegedly preferred the turkey, a bird also native to the ...

America's bird: The bald eagle joins the rose, the bison, and the oak tree as an official American symbol How did ... and withal a true original Native of America," he wrote in the letter ...

Protected areas south of Joshua Tree National Park and east of Mount Shasta cement conservation legacy in California.

President Joe Biden is expected to announce two new national monuments on tribal land in California within a few days — one of several actions meant to limit drilling taken just before President-elect ...

As Al Batt, a board member of the American Bald Eagle Foundation, sees it ... conservatives, environmentalists, Native people, and others. When she was director, no group touched her more than the ...

There have been important recent actions relating to the status of Maine’s two native eagles: a federal Christmas present for ...

A federal agency is offering a $2,500 reward for tips on who fatally shot an American bald eagle last month in north Alabama. The mature American bald eagle was found Dec. 8 near Mt. Hope in Lawre ...

Known for its striking white head, yellow beak, and brown body, the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) has long been a powerful emblem of resilience. Native to the United States, its population ...

And then there’s Alexandra Greenberg, who walked onto her back balcony on the holiday and saw two adult bald eagles. “They were fishing,” said Greenberg, 34, who lives with her husband along ...

According to the American Eagle Foundation, “A lead fragment the size of a grain of rice is lethal to a mature bald eagle, meaning that a standard 150 grain lead bullet can poison 10 eagles.” ...