Members of the Prairie Island Indian Community is welcoming the United States new national bird with a sense of pride, and ...

The bald eagle is now the official bird of the United States, nearly 250 years after it was first used as a symbol of the ...

As the United States marks National Bird Day on Jan. 5, the majority of bird species in the U.S. face a grim future in coming decades if environmental efforts, such as mitigating climate change ...

The bald eagle had never been declared the national bird — until Preston Cook, an avid collector of all things eagle-themed, unearthed the truth and fought to correct the oversight.

The bipartisan effort spells out the bird’s important role in US History. “People look at bald eagles as Americans, and a lot of times, they’re not even so much seeing the natural bird, as ...

Bald eagles have symbolized America since 1782. But they're not officially designated the national bird — yet. Bruce Weaver. The bald eagle has been a symbol of the United States for centuries ...

On Monday, the House of Representatives passed a bill amending the U.S. Code to officially designate the bald eagle (aka Haliaeetus leucocephalus) as the country's national bird. The Senate ...

John Yang: Around 2010, as Cook was doing research for his book "American Eagle," he tried to nail down exactly when it became the U.S. national bird and found out that it wasn't.

Big Farmland Bird Count 2024 reveals UK farmland’s crucial role in supporting declining bird species, highlighting need for ...

When conservation efforts bring a species back from the brink of extinction, it is worth celebrating. It is no easy feat to implement policy changes, and it can be challenging to convince those who ...

Despite centuries on the national seal and widespread assumption, the bald eagle has never officially been designated as the national bird. John Yang reports on the effort to change that and why ...