WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue ...

The bald eagle has been a major player in American conservation history. Chosen by Congress as the nation's symbol in 1782, it was soon to become a casualty of the country's social and technological ...

In 1940, a year before declaring war against fascist tyranny, Congress passed the Bald Eagle Protection Act to preserve “a symbol of the American ideals of freedom.” Harming an eagle now ...

But after he released a rehabilitated eagle at the 2003 American Bald Eagle Festival in Haines, Alaska, Cook left the event determined to share his treasure trove with the world — and perhaps to ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Last January on Unalaska Island, Suzi Golodoff poured herself a hot cup of coffee, pulled on her boots, and stepped ...

Friends of Big Bear Valley is hosting a bald eagle chick naming fundraiser that allows people to donate $5 for one name entry, $10 for three name entries or $25 for 10 name entries. "As a ...