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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 ...
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9 brutal photos of the world’s most powerful bird that can rip monkeys and sloths from branches

Their name comes from the half-bird, half-human Harpy from Greek mythology, which was feared for its habit of carrying people ...
Forbes

Saving The Harpy Eagle: An Interview With Conservationist Ron Magill

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 ...
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"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.
Mongabay

Harpy eagle confirmed in Mexico for first time in over a decade

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 ...

World’s largest eagle chick found alive in Brazil’s Pantanal nest after years

A rare harpy eagle chick has been confirmed in Brazil’s Pantanal, turning a single treetop into a crucial test of whether one ...