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

“The nests are big and hard to miss,” said Dana Bove, president of the Front Range Nesting Bald Eagle Studies (FRNBES), a nonprofit that studies nesting and winter roosting bald eagles across ...

The birds have been in an environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the U.S. government took them off its endangered species list.

While bald eagles are no longer endangered, conservationists remain vigilant. Ongoing monitoring, habitat preservation, and public education are key to ensuring the species' continued success. The ...

The bald eagle has been a symbol of our nation’s ... to be larger than those from the southern portions of the breeding range.Lifespan more than 20 years in the wild. The Cornell Lab Great ...

Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — national bird of the United States — is having a moment.

To rebuild the birds' numbers in their historic range across the country ... the science director at the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Alaska. Clark, whose work with the birds spans decades ...

To rebuild the birds' numbers in their historic range across the country ... the science director at the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Alaska. An eagle, right, is seen in its nest with ...