I watched the bald eagle with awe. Circling endlessly above my head, looking for her next meal, she effortlessly moved with ...

This story appears in the January 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. The eagle is a national symbol, not just for Americans, but for Germans like me and many other people too ...

The bald eagle, with its history as the symbol of the nation going back over ... of this great bird aptly symbolizes the strength and freedom of America," John F. Kennedy once wrote of the bald ...

"To see something that awesome jeopardized by encroaching housing developments is something that we are obviously very ...

And, so, the goose endured. The raptor gave up and took flight. The bald eagle is the national symbol of the United States and appears on its official seal. The beaver may be the national symbol ...