If you find a bird feather – how can you tell which species it belongs to? An ornithologist in the Forensic Laboratory at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pondered this question.

Columnist Mike Slater is on hiatus until May. Please enjoy this encore column from our archives. Not surprisingly, snow geese are mostly white. Their plumage is white, except for the black flight f… ...

, a bald eagle carcass sold for $1,000. A single feather went for $500. The case took two years to close. Dan Rolince, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement supervisor, inspects ...

Eagle eye-color indicator of age. Brown to yellow as they age. By jim williams. September 11, ... From the solid brown of a first- year bird to adult, feathers are a patchy mix of white and brown, ...

GFPS honors 70 Native students with eagle feathers to wear on graduation. ... The bead colors reflected their individual school colors. Then they approached Boham to receive a blessing.

The bald eagle is now the official bird of the United States, nearly 250 years after it was first used as a symbol of the newly founded nation that's deeply polarized politically today.

Eagle feathers were on full display at a recent powwow in Billings, where dozens of Native Americans adorned with feathers paraded into a university fieldhouse to kick off dancing competitions.

"TIL When a Bald Eagle Loses a Feather on One Wing, It Will Lose a Feather on the Other in Order to Keep Its Balance." R/Todayilearned, 25 Feb. 2016, ...

WABASHA — Each eagle feather Bucky Flores picked up was important, each small one might be part of a Native American's regalia, each held spiritual power.