YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Biologists in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) recently offered a peek into the ways they monitor golden eagle populations in the park. In photos taken by National Park Service photographer Jacob W. Frank and shared by YNP at the end of January, bird biologist David Haines and his team can be seen […]

Experts call for tighter regulation as GPS tracking reveals how people’s behaviour affects the lives of some of the world’s largest birds

Bald eagles are the most vulnerable to lead poisoning from hunters' ammunition of more than 30 species known to scavenge deer carcasses in New York state, Cornell research finds.

Researchers at Bernheim Forest collected more than 21,000 data points from Athena during her 6,455-mile roundtrip journey.

A distressed bald eagle reported by two hikers in the Black Hills National Forest in late November suffered from toxic levels of lead in its system.

When a bald eagle was brought into the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center this month, teams recognized the signs of lead poisoning and ran a blood sample through the clinic’s machine. The levels were too high...

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With the avian flu affecting birds, another issue has popped up in Oregon

A team of researchers went into the woods of Maine searching for a mysterious bird of the eastern forests — a golden eagle. They're conspicuous in the American west but secretive in the east.

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Image Details Why choose lead-free hunting ammunition? Lead ammunition loses weight as small pieces strip from the front of the bullet or shot as it passes through an animal. These fragments are found...

Golden eagles face many anthropogenic risks and minimizing or offsetting eagle deaths caused by human-related sources is often viewed as an important management objective. In 2020 and 2022, we distri...