Ball, Jr. Raptor Center at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro ... Her wingspan will be between 6 to 7 feet (1.8 to 2.1 meters) The male bald eagle is smaller, at around 9 to 10 pounds ...

In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on the Great Seal of the United States and Americans just assumed it was our national bird − wrongly it turned out. While the U.S. had a national mammal (bison) and ...

The bald eagle has been a symbol of our nation’s strength since the Revolutionary War, but it was not made our national bird until recently. The bald eagle is emblematic of America and on coins ...

In the same month that President Joe Biden signed a law officially recognizing the bald eagle as America’s national bird, one of the mighty raptors was found shot dead in Lawrence County.

Bald eaglets E24 and E25 were eating well and getting along with each other before E24 unexpectedly died in southwest Florida, the eagle cam administrators shared. Screengrab from the Southwest ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country's national ...