A bald eagle named Freedom perches on a branch ... The birds are revered in a number of Native American cultures as symbols of strength, particularly in the Pacific Northwest, according to Paul ...

The word bald refers to an old English word meaning white, like that of a judge’s wig in the English legal system. Nearly every Native American tribe has its own name for eagle. Bald eagles ...

Long a symbol of national pride ... Maia Edwards, the science director at the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Alaska, told the AP: "They're one of the few conservation success stories of ...

The birds have been in an environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the U.S. government took them off its endangered ...

Bald eagle at National Conservation Training Center. The bald eagle almost did not survive to become our national symbol. Overhunting nearly wiped out the bald eagle in the early decades of the ...