Bald eagle soaring 'success,' but at what cost?
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The bald eagle is officially about to become a "conservation success story" for the U.S. government, which has worked for more than three decades to help the national symbol recover from habitat destruction, illegal shooting and contamination of its food source.
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BOZEMAN, Montana - A dog survived a flight in an eagle's claws then endured a week of sometimes subfreezing weather before finding its way home, a veterinarian said Wednesday.
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By LAWRENCE TANE III  The Virginia Department of Transportation intends to go ahead with bridge-building plans in Richmond County that a federal agency warns will affect a tidal creek's population of bald eagles.  The U.S.
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While leaves tumble from trees this fall, another natural wonder is soaring overhead. Hawks in North and South America are taking to the air as part of a seasonal migration.
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After 15 years of checking bald eagle nests from small planes, there are now an estimated 100 nesting pairs, up from 77 the previous year and 10 times the state's recovery goal under the Endangered Species Act. With the nest-to-nest status check by plane ending last year, the state now will start watching over a few dozen nests to monitor the eagles' health.
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ITS beating wings forming an almost perfect square against a background of water spray, this is an American bald eagle in the act of catching a fish.
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A bald eagle nest at the old Philadelphia Navy Yard has failed, but birdwatchers are holding out hope that the first pair of bald eagles spotted in the city in more than 200 years will nest again next year.
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Federal wildlife officials say spending more than $27 million to research the suspected habitat of the ivory-billed woodpecker is worth the cost, despite conflicting views on whether the elusive bird even exists.
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By Sophia Maines, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Dec. 12--Grab your binoculars.   The majestic bald eagles are in town, and more are on the way to this favorite winter-feeding destination.
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It is all a matter of perspective. For Boston College, a trip to Disney World and Friday's Champs Sports Bowl against Michigan State had to be sold a different way. The Eagles, who have won seven straight bowl games - but none of them New Year's Day quality - had their sights set on the ACC title and an Orange ...
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Where to now? That was the question everyone at Boston College was asking yesterday after the 17th-ranked Eagles laid a colossal egg in Saturday's devastating 43-17 loss against Syracuse. It cost BC the Big East title outright, a berth in the Bowl Championship Series, and a likely New Year's Day bid to the Fiesta Bowl.
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By Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post Staff Writer  Every spring, thousands of birds, some weighing a pound or less, set off on a journey of herculean proportions. They fly thousands of miles north, to breeding grounds in Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada and to U.S.
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By Chrissy Vick, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Mar. 6--A juvenile bald eagle rescued on Topsail Island in January is  still fighting to get well.
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A fossil of a gliding animal shows that mammals experimented with flight around when birds first took to the skies.
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A proposed wind farm on Lewis may kill up to three golden eagles a year, say campaigners.
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Biologists have fought long and sometimes bitterly about how birds evolved -- but a new study published on Thursday suggests that their intellectual battle may have been all in vain.
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The bald eagle, the U.S. national bird whose numbers dwindled in the 1960s, is expected to be removed on Thursday from the list of creatures classified as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.