Eagles and condors are not hunters’ intended targets, but they’re dying from lead bullet dust. Credit: Photos by Emily Harris/Reveal; photo illustration by Michael I Schiller and Gabriel ...

The spent remains of a copper jacket and fragmented lead core of a lead-based bullet (left) compared with a copper (lead-free) expanding bullet that remained intact. For centuries, hunters have relied ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. California is leading the fight to get the lead out: It will soon ...

I started hunting as a young boy, and was taught the importance of gun safety, and the ethic of respect for the animals being pursued as a keystone element of “sportsmanship.” I was taught not to pull ...

The lead in some bullets used for hunting deer, moose, and elk is toxic to the humans who eat the harvested meat and to scavenger animals that feast on remains left in the field. A team of researchers ...

In October, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 711 making it illegal to use lead ammunition for hunting, a ban that will be phased in from 2015 to 2019. For UC Santa Cruz environmental toxicologists ...

Veterinarians were unable to save the eagle, and it died several hours after being taken in for treatment. Photograph by Paula C Goldberg, courtesy City Wildlife The death of a bald eagle—a national ...