The Bald Eagle has been a symbol of the United States for nearly 250 years, although without legal recognition until now. The Bald Eagle population was on the brink of extinction, but conservation ...

There were more than 315,000 bald eagles across the contiguous United States in 2019, the agency estimated, four times the population of the bird just a decade earlier. • This article originally ...

The bald eagle has been made the official national bird of the United States of America. On Tuesday, Dec. 24, President Joe Biden signed legislation into law that officially recognizes the bird of ...

The measure says the bald eagle is unique to North America, was adopted as the coat of arms for the United States in 1782 and remains and "leading insignia for all branches" of the U.S. military.

The bald eagle received a title this week that many may have assumed it already had: the national bird of the United States. For centuries, the bald eagle has been a ubiquitous symbol for the ...