While it can be found across all of the contiguous United States now, the world's largest bald eagle population resides in Alaska and Canada. In fact, more of these birds live in Alaska than in ...

This led to the killing of over 120,000 eagles. When Alaska officially became a U.S. state in 1959, bald eagles were protected under the Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940, which prevented killing ...

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Fearsome even in repose, a bald eagle makes a stand on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. Amy Gulick Bald eagles have faced numerous threats posed by humans since 1900. Their comeback is a tribute to ...

The eagle is a national symbol ... In the Aleutian Islands in Alaska I found bald eagles that were wilder and tougher than that. They were dirty, they were wet, and they fought with each other ...

Can't make it to Yellowstone Park this summer to see the geysers? No problem, geyser eruptions can be viewed comfortably from the couch on the web. The National Park Service offers links ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Last January on Unalaska Island, Suzi Golodoff poured herself a hot cup of coffee, pulled on her boots, and stepped ...

The Exxon Valdez oil spill dumped about 11 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean near Alaska, devastating ... 30-plus years — changing the bald eagle fate from endangered to now growing.