The eagles find themselves in an environmental updraft since the early 2000s. Culturally, too, the animals are soaring.

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Along the long road from American icon to endangered ... left undone in law because the bald eagle was already on the national seal and many thought it already had ...

America’s national bird, the bald eagle, is having a moment WEST ... The birds are revered in a number of Native American cultures as symbols of strength, particularly in the Pacific Northwest ...