While it can be found across all of the contiguous United States now, the world's largest bald eagle population resides in Alaska and Canada. In fact, more of these birds live in Alaska than in ...

This led to the killing of over 120,000 eagles. When Alaska officially became a U.S. state in 1959, bald eagles were protected under the Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940, which prevented killing ...

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Fearsome even in repose, a bald eagle makes a stand on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. Amy Gulick Bald eagles have faced numerous threats posed by humans since 1900. Their comeback is a tribute to ...

The one-acre property on 81st Avenue was planted about 25 years ago with hundreds of fruit trees as a retirement hobby by its ...

Three bald eaglets at the National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia died after their nest fell to the ground during a storm.

The eagle is a national symbol ... In the Aleutian Islands in Alaska I found bald eagles that were wilder and tougher than that. They were dirty, they were wet, and they fought with each other ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Last January on Unalaska Island, Suzi Golodoff poured herself a hot cup of coffee, pulled on her boots, and stepped ...

Having collected the most recent census data from state and federal bald-eagle managers in each of the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia, the Center for Biological Diversity has determined ...