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

Many Native Americans are marking ceremonies like graduations with bald eagle feathers, a form of reverence for the bird they ...

After decades of political unrest, former poachers and community members rallied to protect the Bengal florican.

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 ...

You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s America’s national bird. But the fine print doesn’t officially say so — at least not yet. On Monday, the House of Representatives passed a bill amending the U.S.

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 ...

After learning the U.S. doesn't officially recognize the bald eagle as its national bird, a Minnesota man swooped in. This week the House passed his bill, which now heads to Biden's desk.

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 ...

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

Klobuchar was surprised the eagle wasn’t already the national bird, she said, as was everybody she has talked to about it. States have state birds (Minnesota’s is the loon , of course, since ...

But it wasn't officially America's national bird until this week. On Christmas Eve, President Biden signed some 50 bills into law — including one that amends the U.S. Code to give the bald eagle ...