According to History.com, the bald eagle’s role as a national symbol is connected to its 1782 landing on the Great Seal of the United States. The symbol can be seen on the U.S. dollar bill.

The Trump administration aims to remove degradation of habitat from its definition of "harm" to endangered species.

The bald eagle has stood as a prominent American symbol for over two centuries, but it became official in 2024, when President Joe Biden signed a bill naming the bald eagle the national bird. Bald ...