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 ...

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, ...

Sightings of a young harpy eagle in southern Mexico’s Lacandon Jungle in 2023 have now been verified, marking the first time in more than a decade that one of South America’s largest birds of prey has ...

WASHINGTON – Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories – like the dramatic comeback of bald eagle populations in North America – birds of prey are in decline worldwide. Other species are ...

Harpy eagles (Harpia harpyja) - which are among the world's largest eagle species - struggle to feed offspring in heavily deforested areas of the Amazon, according to a study published in Scientific ...

June 30 (UPI) --The harpy eagle, known in Brazil as the royal-hawk, is one of the world's largest eagle species. Like so many apex predators, the harpy eagle has suffered considerable habitat declines ...