Eagle feathers were on full display at a recent powwow in Billings, where dozens of Native Americans adorned with feathers ...

America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Washington state man accused of leading a wildlife trafficking ring on a Native American reservation ...

The government’s response has been to crack down on illegal poaching rings while distributing feathers and other eagle parts legally to tribal members through a federal repository in Colorado.

From when they hatch until they are about 5 years old, bald eagles' heads go from brown to splotchy before maturing into the ...

In the pending Montana poaching case, the defendant and accomplices allegedly killed about 3,600 birds — including golden and bald eagles — during what one defendant called a “killing spree.” ...

Travis John Branson was part of a conspiracy that killed 3,600 birds, prosecutors said. He also trafficked and sold bird ...