“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 eagles find themselves in an environmental updraft since the early 2000s. Culturally, too, the animals are soaring.

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — 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 ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — 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 ...

POWELL — The American bald eagle needs no introduction. It first appeared on a coin in 1776 on a Massachusetts copper cent, and it was emblazoned on the coat of arms for the new country’s ...

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The bald eagle became the United States national bird ... thought better of the similar appearing bird and made it the unofficial American mascot. In spite of Franklin’s disdain, the eagle ...

Lincoln was trained to do these stadium flyovers at the American Eagle Foundation in East Tennessee, operator of the nation's largest bald eagle sanctuary. It's the same nonprofit organization ...