With talons larger than a grizzly’s and stealth built for Amazon ambushes, it’s no wonder the harpy eagle is considered one of nature’s most formidable aerial predators.

Deep within the tropical rainforests of Central and South America lives one of the most powerful birds on Earth: the harpy eagle. With massive talons, immense strength, and an imposing presence, this ...

In the lowland Neotropical forests of Central and South America, concentrated in Amazonia, a powerful symbol for biodiversity soars through the canopy. One of earth’s largest eagles in terms of mass, ...

Harpy eagles feed on a large variety of Neotropical mammals ranging from sloths to monkeys to coatis. While the Americas are rife with all sorts of fearsome birds of prey—the golden eagle, Cooper's ...

Monitoring, research, tourism, photography and environmental education are the tools to protect Brazil’s largest bird of prey, which currently has large and diverse populations only in the Amazon. The ...

Named after a creature of myth and built like a precision weapon, the harpy eagle is the most powerful bird of prey on earth.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These raptors are built forhunting in dense forest canopies. They can take prey up to around 20 lbs., including young deer. Their ...