Named after a beast from Greek mythology, the harpy eagle is widely considered to be the most powerful bird of prey due to its strong legs and huge talons. With a crown of feathers atop its head, and ...

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, ...

This spectacular bird hunts monkeys. Although it catches its' prey in forests, it is a widespread species and can nest in isolated trees within pastures - a winner species when forests are converted ...

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 ...

Monitoring, research, tourism, photography and environmental education are the tools to protect Brazil’s largest bird of prey, which currently has large and diverse populations only in the Amazon. The ...

MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL — It was supposed to be a shortcut. Now, waist-high in latte brown water, I find myself stumbling over submerged logs, ducking under ant-teeming briars, and pushing through sticky ...