The bird was "engorged" after consuming a raccoon, according to wildlife officials Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A bald eagle was captured, rehabilitated and released back into the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Park. According to a Facebook post from the Wilson’s Creek National ...

Aug. 27 (UPI) --A supposedly "injured" bald eagle rescued from a national park in Missouri was found to be merely "too fat to fly" after eating a bit too much raccoon. The official Facebook page for ...

A bald eagle initially thought to be injured because it couldn’t fly was found to be healthy after wildlife officials determined the bird was just "too fat" after feasting on roadkill. The bald eagle ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KAKE) - A bald eagle and a barn owl at a nature center in Lawrence, Kansas, were killed by raccoons that had breached the birds' enclosure. The City of Lawrence said Kansa, the bald ...

A bald eagle rescued because it appeared to be injured was actually “too fat to fly,” Missouri officials say. Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. It turns out an “injured” bald eagle didn’t need to ...

Raccoons are one of the most successful species in North America. They range all the way from Canada to Panama and are found in all the lower 48 states. They’ve made themselves at home in our cities ...

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