A symbol of the United States since the 1700s, the bald eagle was decimated over the 19th century and mid-20th century by unregulated hunting, poisoning and the use of pesticides and other chemicals.

In 1782, a lesser-known Founding Father, Charles Thomson, slapped a shield onto a bald eagle with talons full of arrows and olive branches and called it the Great Seal of the United States. Benjamin ...

The bald eagle holds spiritual significance for Native American cultures and is a key symbol in U.S. history. Pesticides like DDT caused the bald eagle population to plummet to just 417 known nesting ...