In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on the Great Seal of the United States and Americans just assumed it was our national bird ...

While bald eagles are no longer endangered, conservationists remain vigilant. Ongoing monitoring, habitat preservation, and ...

The bald eagle officially became the symbol of the U.S. after centuries of being recognized as one. The bald eagle’s flight ...

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law making the bald eagle the national bird, so the once-endangered species can now fly alongside other national symbols including the national tree (the oak ...

There were five of us in the car – my sister Karen, my brother-in-law Lee, and their friends Kathy and Charles. We’d been up on Big Pine looking at Key deer and gators and whatnot, and were now ...

The eagles' perch as symbols of the country contributes to their conservation, with experts considering them an “umbrella species,” whose need for large open spaces and waterways helps ...

The bald eagle became the United States national bird on Dec. 24, 2024, approximately 242 years after most Americans assumed it already was our national bird. In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on ...

The eagles find themselves in an environmental updraft of sorts since the early 2000s, when the federal government took the ...

The bald eagle almost did not survive to become our national symbol. Overhunting nearly wiped out the bald eagle in the early decades of the 20th century until it was protected by the 1940 Bald and ...