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

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

The birds have avoided the endangered species list since 2007. The Latin name “Haliaeetus leucocephalus” means “white-headed sea eagle.” The word bald refers to an old English word meaning ...

People traipse cross-country to see clouds of kites, or to catch a glimpse of a golden eagle in its highland home, and webcams fixed on the nests of ospreys, owls and peregrine falcons draw huge ...