The harpy eagle is one of the world’s strongest and biggest birds of prey. The back talons are around four to five inches long. The harpy eagle’s talons have enough force and grip to pull up prey ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...

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 South America’s largest bird of prey has been ...

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.

The Harpy Eagle Project has spent 25 years monitoring more than 60 nests in the Amazon, the Cerrado region and the Atlantic Forest; one of its programs aims to approach conservation in an ...

One of earth’s largest eagles in terms of mass, the female harpy eagle weighs up to 20 pounds, with the smaller males weighing up to 11 pounds. This might not sound like much, but for comparison ...