A bald eagle was rescued by New York City police after getting stuck on a floating chunk of ice in the Hudson River Tuesday.

A crew of eagle-eyed harbor patrol officers who rescued a stranded bald eagle from an icy stretch of the Hudson River said the big bird was practically begging them for help.

A bald eagle found suffering from a gunshot wound at a state park in Kentucky will have to be humanely euthanized because of the severity of its injuries. The bald eagle holds the distinction of being the United States’ national bird and is a species that’s federally protected.

A bald eagle was shot on Thanksgiving and later taken to a Navarre wildlife sanctuary. The eagle died, but the sanctuary is working to save others.

MINNEAPOLIS — Look at the armpits — or, technically, the “wingpits.” That’s what Scott Mehus, education director at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minn., told a group of bird watchers recently as they prepared to scan the winter skies for a majestic raptor that’s especially tricky to identify: the golden eagle.

The landfill has strategies to limit bald eagles’ access to garbage. But a true solution will require a transformation, said the director of Solid Waste Services.

(The Hill) — After long being an unofficial symbol, the white head, yellow beak bald eagle became the official U.S. bird on Christmas Eve. President Joe Biden signed 50 bills into law Tuesday. Among them was Senate bill 4610, legislation amending Title ...

It is not every day you see America’s national bird take on one of North America’s most powerful predators. In this jaw dropping footage, a bald eagle swoops down and dive bombs a grizzly bear in a bold and unexpected aerial attack.