A birding expedition to the remote and rarely visited island of Bougainville in the Solomons has produced sightings of two ...

Over time, some of those dinosaurs sprouted feathers and took to the skies—and while their reptilian cousins died off, those ...

They included gadwall, northern pintail and bufflehead (three varieties of duck), shorebirds like the piping plover and red ...

South Island takahe—a prehistoric-looking flightless bird endemic to New Zealand's rugged landscapes—have become a shining ...

During a Dec. 28 trip to their favorite park in Sturgeon Bay, Candy and Rush Evans spotted a species of bird rarely found in ...

Julie Rabalais’ shed, where she treats an array of injured, ill and orphaned birds, was a warm refuge on a dreary December ...

Though a longstanding symbol of "independence, strength and freedom," according to Congress, the bird of prey never received a formal designation Shyla Watson is a digital news editor at PEOPLE.

The bald eagle, with its history as the symbol of the nation going back over 200 years, made a roaring comeback from near extinction to becoming America's official bird this week. President Joe ...

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird. President ...

But it had never been officially designated to be what many had just assumed it was — the national bird. The bald eagle is indigenous to North America.

One prominent member of American society received a promotion with bipartisan support this holiday season: The bald eagle is now the official bird of the United States, a proclamation nearly 250 ...

The bald eagle is officially the national bird of the United States. Wait ... what? Hasn't the bald eagle been the national bird for centuries? Actually, no. While the bird has been on quarters ...