A bald eagle stands on its catch in Yellowstone National Park last May. The bald eagle was officially named the national bird ...

POWELL — The American bald eagle needs no introduction ... and it was emblazoned on the coat of arms for the new country’s Great Seal in 1782. But somehow it took 242 years as America ...

The Jacksonville area has well over 200 species of birds. The number varies depending on the season, and many are found along ...

Despite appearing on the Great Seal of the U.S. since 1782 ... and the oak tree as an official American symbol How did the bald eagle become a national symbol? The bald eagle first emerged ...

Although Congress made the bald eagle the central figure of the Great Seal of the United States in 1782 and it is on ...

The bald eagle, a symbol of the nation for over 200 years, returned from near extinction to become America's bird − ...

The bald eagle is featured on American military insignia ... For more than 200 years, the bald eagle has been featured on the ...

John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe via Getty Images The bald eagle is featured on American military insignia ... York Times’ Sara Ruberg. The Great Seal of the United States has long featured ...

The bald eagle had been on the nation’s Great Seal since the Revolutionary War and upheld as a proud emblem of the nation, but it was never codified in law as the official bird. An advocate with ...

After learning the U.S. doesn't officially recognize the bald eagle as its national bird, a Minnesota man swooped in and wrote a bill for Congress. This week, Biden signed it into law.

December saw a couple of interesting pieces of news about the bald eagle – one national, one local but with statewide ...