In November 2020, a photograph supposedly showing a rainbow-colored harpy eagle circulated on social media: This is not a genuine photograph of a harpy eagle. This image was digitally edited to make ...

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, ...

The harpy is one of the largest species of eagle. As is often the case with birds of prey, females are larger than males. The birds can grow to 36 to 40 inches. Females weigh between 13 to 20 pounds.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A recent study in the Journal of Raptor Research collected records of harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) persecution across Central and South America.

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 ...

Bird-watching isn’t usually a dangerous game, even if it’s deep in the jungle of French Guiana. But when one woman strayed a little too far behind a tour group after spotting a large bird of prey, she ...

A monkey-eating Harpy Eagle, 15 times the weight of a Lion Tamarin, circles a tamarin family. With nightfall fast approaching, the family can’t turn back…they must find a way to cross an open road to ...

MIAMI – On December 2nd, a harpy eagle chick hatched at the harpy eagle enclosure within the Amazon and Beyond exhibit. Because bird hatchings, especially those of large raptors, are extremely ...

A new study finds that nesting trees for the harpy eagle in the Amazon are almost all targeted by the commercial timber industry. The eagles were found to select trees with specific architecture to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A photographer recently captured stunning photographs of a rare harpy eagle and her chick in the ...