Latest Eagles News

A young golden eagle attacks a toddler in Norway, its fourth such assault on humans

Sep. 09, 2024 21:55 PM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At first, Francis Ari Sture thought a human was trying to shove him down the steep Norwegian mountainside. Then he saw the golden eagle land. “We are staring at each other for, maybe, a whole minute,” Sture told The Associated Press on Monday....

Wildlife trafficking ring killed at least 118 eagles, prosecutors say

Sep. 04, 2024 19:25 PM EDT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A man helped kill at least 118 eagles to sell their feathers and body parts on the black market as part of a long-running wildlife trafficking ring in the western U.S. that authorities allege killed thousands of birds, court filings show. Travis John Branson...

A bald eagle was shot in the beak. A care team in Missouri is hopeful it can be saved

Aug. 27, 2024 16:22 PM EDT

VALLEY PARK, Mo. (AP) — A bald eagle is slowly recovering after surgeries in Missouri, the victim of a shooting that experts say is far too common for America's national bird and other raptors. The male eagle was found injured in central Missouri on July 11. A volunteer with the...

Indonesian president holds the first cabinet meeting in the nation's unfinished future capital

Aug. 12, 2024 20:46 PM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in the nation's future capital of Nusantara, surrounded by miles of construction sites and doubts about the sustainability of the ambitious megaproject. Widodo began working from the city two...