Their name comes from the half-bird, half-human Harpy from Greek mythology, which was feared for its habit of carrying people ...

“I took these bald eagle pictures in Monticello, Indiana, along the banks of Lake Freeman. The eagle had been out fishing for her young and was returning to the nest, evidently without success. I had ...

A nature-focused photographer recently captured an image of a bald eagle grabbing lunch to-go as he took flight in Connecticut skies. Doug Gemmell, a resident of South Windsor, went out to ...

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 sky — is having a moment. The ...

Birds are the talk of New York City these days. The anxious among us fret about the vicious avian flu decimating chicken flocks and crossing over into some mammals. In Manhattan, birders are doing ...

Avian researchers from Berkshire Bird Observatory, part of Green Berkshires, set up long ‘mist nets’ to catch migratory birds, banding and recording data about them at Jug End State Reservation in ...

Despite centuries on the national seal and widespread assumption, the bald eagle has never officially been designated as the national bird. John Yang reports on the effort to change that and why it ...