A bald eagle ... with DDT when they ate the contaminated fish.” “The chemical interfered with the ability of the birds to produce strong eggshells. As a result, their eggs had shells so ...

Many birds, including bald eagles, started laying eggs with shells so thin they’d break when the birds tried to incubate them. DDT was banned in the United States in 1972, and eagle populations ...

Jackie and Shadow have been tending to the trio of eggs ... DDT, and conservation actions taken by the American public have helped bald eagles make a remarkable recovery," the agency said. "Bald ...

The bald eagle ... pesticide DDT that contributed to the birds' near-disappearance in the 20th century. When the birds ate fish that had been exposed to the chemical, they laid eggs with weak ...

New Jersey became the latest state to delist the bald eagle ... the banning of DDT, a chemical insecticide with environmental side effects that included thin-shelled eagle eggs.

The last two mating seasons ended in heartbreak for Jackie and Shadow, Big Bear’s beloved bald eagle couple ... the pesticide DDT, which poisoned the eagles and made their eggs weak.

The bald eagle and the osprey were removed from New Jersey’s list of endangered species on Monday, an action reflecting more than four decades of conservation work by biologists and volunteers ...

A bald eagle named Freedom ... centers on the banning of DDT, a chemical insecticide with environmental side effects that included thin-shelled eagle eggs. That touched off a cratering in the ...