Among the other birds under consideration were a two-headed eagle, a rooster, a dove and a phoenix in flames, which really ...

What the Continental Congress did was put the bald eagle on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782. Long venerated by Native cultures, Haliaeetus leucocephalus lives only in North America ...

The bald eagle, an historic symbol of the nation for more than 200 years, made a soaring comeback from near extinction, and now, finally, has been officially named America's national bird.

Each is a complement to "The Great Seal" of the United States, a coat of arms familiar to citizens and noncitizens alike for its rendering of a bald eagle and the Latin motto "E pluribus unum ...