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

Overhunting nearly wiped out the bald eagle in the early decades of the 20th century until it was protected by the 1940 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. It recovered briefly only to be ...

A team of researchers went into the woods of Maine searching for a mysterious bird of the eastern forests — a golden eagle. They're conspicuous in the American west but secretive in the east.

"Vultures hold their wings in a 'V' shape. And the white head and tail of both male and female adult bald eagles is a striking contrast from its brown body that will give it away." Rowe says golden ...