The fringed silhouette was unmistakably an eagle, but other details escaped me. A long drive for not very much taught me my first real lesson about wild birds, which is that they can’t often be ...

With its stark white head, dangerous talons, and a wingspan of more than 6.5 feet, the bald eagle cuts a silhouette few other birds in North America can compete with. And yet, much of what we ...

The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, is located about 6,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens. It is a well-known stellar nursery with vast swaths of cosmic dust and gas ...