When the eaglet eventually regained strength, it reentered the wilderness — and Murphy, a bonafide "rockstar foster dad," took in another chick, who is expected to return to the wild in the summer.

By Livia Albeck-Ripka Murphy, the beloved bald eagle who became a real foster father in 2023 after weeks spent incubating a rock, was found dead in his enclosure at a bird sanctuary in Missouri ...

Murphy lived in the sanctuary's Avian Avenue exhibit area and rose to prominence in 2023 when he incubated a rock. His instincts were rewarded when he was allowed to foster an injured eaglet that ...