“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National ...

In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on the Great Seal of the United States and Americans just assumed it was our national bird − wrongly it turned out. While the U.S. had a national mammal (bison) and ...

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

Bald eagles were a rare sight in Ohio, but their population has come soaring back. Now, they're seen across the state. Here's ...

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 ...