America's national bird is more beleaguered than previously believed, with nearly half of bald eagles tested across the U.S. showing signs of chronic lead exposure, according to a study published Thursday.
Ecology
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Something was just not right.
Ecology
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Bald eagle populations have slowly recovered from near devastation after the government banned DDT in 1972, but another ongoing issue has weakened that rebound—lead poisoning from gunshot ammunition.
Plants & Animals
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For decades, historians have debated whether an infamously violent Viking torture ritual ever really happened, or if it was a misunderstood or embellished story passed down through poetry over the centuries.
Archaeology
Dec 21, 2021
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New Zealand's extinct Haast's eagle (Hieraaetus moorei), the largest known eagle, gulped down viscera like a vulture and may even have been bald, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2021
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British scientists working in Ghana have rediscovered a "holy grail" giant owl that has lurked almost unseen in African rainforests for 150 years.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2021
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Thirteen years after Vermont lost the ignominious distinction of being the only state in the continental United States without any breeding pairs of bald eagles, the state is moving to remove the iconic national symbol from ...
Ecology
Oct 7, 2021
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Reintroducing species in new natural habitats is a strategy to help prevent the extinction of the most threatened organisms. However, this process is influenced by several factors—which are not much explored in the scientific ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2021
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A 25-million-year-old eagle fossil found in South Australia adds to the long evolutionary history of raptors in Australia.
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 27, 2021
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Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories—like the dramatic comeback of bald eagle populations in North America—birds of prey are in decline worldwide.
Ecology
Aug 31, 2021
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