The bald eagle has been a major player in American conservation history. Chosen by Congress as the nation's symbol in 1782, it was soon to become a casualty of the country's social and technological ...

This provides clues to the birds' lives and habits. Hein adds, 'Whole taxidermy mounts are used in our galleries, and skins are used for scientific research. Both have different functions but both are ...

In fact, scientists have been asking for decades, why does sexual reproduction even exist? If the goal of life is spreading one's genes far and wide, asexually reproducing organisms seem to have ...

This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Taxidermy isn’t for the faint of heart. Widely considered an art form, the process of mounting animal skins can ...

DESCRIPTION: The bald eagle ... boosts to reproduction through a nest-watch and fostering program . The population is still very small, however, and population viability analyses predict that without ...

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 juvenile bald eagle hasn’t acquired his adult feathers yet. / Bruce Bennett/GettyImages Obviously, adult bald eagles aren’t really bald, either—their heads have bright white plumage ...

Large birds like eagles need large nests! Bald eagle nests are about 5 to 6 feet in diameter and 2 to 4 feet tall. If the ...

A bald eagle initially thought to be injured because it couldn’t fly was found to be healthy after wildlife officials determined the bird was just "too fat" after feasting on roadkill.

KEEP SENDING A North Carolina is facing a year in prison and a $100,000 fine after he admitted to fatally shooting a bald eagle, according to Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District ...

That's a big factor, but if your dad's bald, you're twice as likely to be bald, too. I'm not saying there aren't bald men who are sexy. I'm saying being bald doesn't make you sexy.