IOWA CITY, Iowa (KWWL) — A proposed bill wants to make Iowans face a harsher penalty when it comes to killing the nation’s emblem, the bald eagle. The Iowa Department ...

Ben Franklin called the bald eagle "a bird of bad moral character." Talkin' Birds host Ray Brown tells NPR's Scott Simon that some argue the golden eagle might be a better national symbol.

While 2022 was a record bad year for bald eagle nests in Iowa, signs point to improvement in 2023. Check out these spots to see eagles soar this winter.

The number of bald eagles in the state of Iowa has nearly doubled compared to past winter averages, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Stephanie Shepherd, part of the Iowa DNR ...

This year’s bald eagle survey in Iowa found an average 1.77 fledglings per nest, one of the highest rates in recent years, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

A bald eagle gains altitude after grabbing a fish from the Iowa River in Iowa City on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette) ...

The bald eagle is America’s national bird. ... Bald eagles were already “protected under the National Emblem Act of 1940, which makes it illegal to sell or hunt the creature,” BBC reported.

The bald eagle had been on the nation’s Great Seal since the Revolutionary War and upheld as a proud emblem of the nation, but it was never codified in law as the official bird.

POTTSVILLE, Pa. -- The American bald eagle's beauty and strength helped make it the emblem of the United States in the late 1700s. When many think of America, they think of this majestic bird that ...

When did the bald eagle first become a national emblem? It first appeared on the Great Seal of the U.S., which was used on U.S. documents in 1782, according to NBC News.Then, it was designated as ...