Despite the bald eagle's long history as the emblem of the United States, its official status had been left up in the air.

KITTSON COUNTY, Minn. (WDAY) - Talk about getting up in someone’s grille; a bald eagle took an unexpected ride to church. Cindy Vagle, of Minnesota, was traveling along Highway 59 when her eagle eye ...

Conservation efforts by the Sutton Research Center and UF pulled the species back from fewer than 500 nesting pairs in the 1970s to over 70,000 pairs today.