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 ...

“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National Bird Initiative for the National Eagle Center, in a news release. “But now ...

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: The bald eagle joins the rose, the bison, and the oak tree as an official American symbol ...

America’s national bird, the bald eagle, is having a moment. The eagles find themselves in a sort of environmental updraft ...

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

Bald eagle at National Conservation Training Center. 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 ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national ... Native American cultures as symbols of strength, particularly ...

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 ...