The bald eagle's release came days ahead of July Fourth celebrations, restoring an emblem of American freedom to the wild. What To Know. Kere's 10-month recovery was led by Dr. Kim Ammann, a ...

Populations of American bald eagles, once on the brink of extinction, have pleasantly surprised experts — quadrupling in size since 2009. In 1963, there were just 417 known bald eagle nesting ...

The total population of bald eagles in the lower 48 states has grown to an estimated 316,700 birds since 2009, according to scientists from the Service’s Migratory Bird Program.

Since DDT was banned in 1972, the bald eagle population’s rebound over the decades since has been stunning. They were removed from the federal Endangered Species list in 2007 and taken off ...

Bald eagles mate for life, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service, but if an eagle in the pair dies, the survivor will accept a new mate. The species can live up to about 30 years in the wild.

Murphy, the beloved bald eagle who became a real foster father in 2023 after weeks spent incubating a rock, was found dead in his enclosure at a bird sanctuary in Missouri this month after a ...

Murphy, the bald eagle who delighted the world by trying to hatch a rock before becoming an orphaned bird’s foster dad, died this month. He was 33. On Tuesday, the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley ...

Thanks to an innovative surgery using fish skin grafts, Kere, a rescued bald eagle, returned to flight over Wisconsin on June 22 after surviving a life-threatening leg injury.. Why It Matters ...