Ben Franklin called the bald eagle "a bird of bad moral character." Talkin' Birds host Ray Brown tells NPR's Scott Simon that some argue the golden eagle might be a better national symbol. Time now ...

A huge raptor stood on a fencepost near Island Park Reservoir. Without a doubt, it was an eagle, but which one, bald or golden? It clearly wasn’t an adult bald eagle — with the white head and tail, ...

Because the eagle flies so high in the sky, it's considered the "king of the skies" and a messenger to the highest gods. Because eagles live and fly so incredibly high in the sky, it's rare to see one ...