The bald eagle received a title this week that many may have assumed it already had: the national bird of the United States.

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that officially named the bald eagle as the national bird of the United States.

The bird of brown and white feathers has long represented the United States as a majestic and soaring symbol, but only this week did a law make it official. By Sara Ruberg The bald eagle received ...

Dec. 24 (UPI) --The bald eagle has been lauded as a symbol of the United States, but it wasn't officially the national bird until Tuesday. President Joe Biden on Christmas Eve signed into law ...

McGwire the Bald Eagle keeps an eye on the crowd during the grand opening of the Ronald McDonald House in St. Louis on June 18 and on Tuesday became one of the many bald eagles that officially are ...

President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill officially designating the bald eagle as the national bird of the United ...

Dec. 24 (UPI) --The bald eagle has been lauded as a symbol of the United States, but it wasn't officially the national bird until Tuesday. President Joe Biden on Christmas Eve signed into law Senate ...

A bald eagle was shot and killed in North Alabama, and now a $15,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the ...

Though a longstanding symbol of "independence, strength and freedom," according to Congress, the bird of prey never received a formal designation Shyla Watson is a digital news editor at PEOPLE.

Although Congress made the bald eagle the central figure of the Great Seal of the United States in 1782 and it is on ...