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5 of the most dangerous birds in the world

You probably don't worry too much about birds (other than what birds are at your feeder). However, around the world there are ...
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Hard Truth the Three Foot Harpy Eagle Is Disappearing Across Its Range

A giant forest eagle has a fighting chance, but only if habitat protection, local enforcement and community action scale fast ...

Meet the 3-foot-tall ‘monkey-eating’ bird: The World’s largest Eagle on the verge of extinction

Standing 3 feet tall with a wingspan over 6 feet, the Philippine eagle rules the rainforest skies. But why is this powerful ...
Discover Wildlife

"The blow was unbelievably powerful, like being hit with a baseball bat. To make it worse, one of her talons pierced my neck, leaving it numb and bleeding."

The harpies were mythological spirits that took the dead to hell, but this harpy eagle was intent on taking James out.

Famous Bald Eagle Couple, Freedom and Liberty, Lay a Rare Third Egg on President's Day

The patriotic pair have already laid two eggs this month ...

What’s Minnesota’s largest raptor? Hint: it might not be the bald eagle

MINNEAPOLIS — Look at the armpits — or, technically, the “wingpits.” That’s what Scott Mehus, education director at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minn., told a group of bird watchers recently ...

What we can learn from lovebirds, the rare birds that mate for life

Phoenix is believed to be home to the world's largest colony of rosy-faced lovebirds outside of their native Africa.
Capitol Hill Seattle

Pikes/Pines | The real bird that inspired the Seattle Seahawks

Football has never been my thing, but that doesn’t mean I lack hometown pride for the Seattle Seahawks winning the Super Bowl. And I also can’t help but enjoy that the team has a unique name that ...