A 91-year-old North Carolina man will be forced to pay $9,500 and turn in his gun after shooting and killing a bald eagle.

An investigation into the shooting of a bald eagle in Montgomery County last fall is being led by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced this week.

It’s a crime against the United States to hunt, take, capture, kill, possess, and to otherwise deal with the bald or golden ...

A federal judge ordered Robert Garner Gambill, 91, of Sparta, N.C., to pay a $9,500 fine and turn in his rifle for killing a bald eagle. American bald eagles are having a moment, ecologically and ...