Vermont's bald eagle population has rebounded and is showing encouraging signs for long-term success, according to scientists with Audubon Vermont and the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife.

Bald Eagle vs. Human. At three feet tall, the average bald eagle is nearly waist level with your average human. Their wingspans, however, are easily wider than a human is tall.

In the 1990s, Colorado’s bald eagle populations began to grow as the human population did, Conrey said. This growth of bald eagles in the state mirrors the bird’s nationwide recovery. In 2007, it was ...

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and the strength of the United States for more than 240 years officially became the country’s national bird on Christmas Eve. It once avoided Chicago like ...

After learning the U.S. doesn't officially recognize the bald eagle as its national bird, a Minnesota man swooped in and wrote a bill for Congress. This week, Biden signed it into law.

It wasn't until this week that Congress passed a law making the bald eagle the official U.S. bird. And one man spearheaded the effort to get this done.

A bald eagle and a Canada goose were photographed in a duel, an image symbolic of the trade war between the two nations. A bald eagle was captured doing battle with a bird-flu-riddled Canada goose ...

John Yang: Around 2010, as Cook was doing research for his book "American Eagle," he tried to nail down exactly when it became the U.S. national bird and found out that it wasn't.

President Biden is about to sign a law making the bald eagle the national bird. Eagles have been on the Great Seal of the United States since 1782, but somehow a formal distinction got overlooked.

Colorado’s bald eagle population is thriving. After dwindling to three or four nests in the 1970s, there are now estimated to be over 300 nests across the state. In the last decade, this growth ...