Despite appearing on the Great Seal of the U.S. since 1782, the bald eagle has never legally been recognized as the national ...

Preston had a vast collection of over 40,000 eagle items (from coins to belt buckles to hood ornaments to two 2,500-pound granite eagles) that he donated to the National Bald Eagle Center in Wabasha.

“You know, most people think the Bald Eagle is the national bird,” he said, corking the bottle. Books, newspapers, and plenty of experts made that claim. Even government websites asserted as much.

Throughout history, eagles have been revered and quite often seen as a harbinger of a prophecy or the foretelling of ...

December saw a couple of interesting pieces of news about the bald eagle – one national, one local but with statewide ...