I realized that I'd never even heard of this kind of eagle before, so I did some quick research to learn more. The Zoo did respond to her question, "Their wingspan can reach up to 6.5 feet". I learned ...

The largest and most powerful bird of prey in the world, the harpy eagle is the size of a small child, with a wingspan of about seven feet.

The Harpy Eagle, with a wingspan of up to 7 feet and talons as large as a grizzly bear’s claws, is one of the most powerful birds of prey. The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal on Earth ...

Harpy eagles are one of the largest birds on the planet, and among the most powerful, too—they can exert several thousand pounds of pressure with their 5-inch-long talons, enabling them to ...

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 ...

Because it’s a forest-dweller, nature gave the Harpy Eagle a smaller wingspan than a normal eagle. But nature didn’t skimp in the “Let’s make this thing an asshole” department.

A harpy eagle guards her chick in a nest in Amazonian Brazil. Females are bigger than males and can weigh about 24 pounds, with claws often larger than a grizzly bear’s. Since the 1800s, their ...

A photographer recently captured stunning photographs of a rare harpy eagle and her chick in the rainforest of Peru. The expert hunter is an elusive animal to spot, because it flies silently in ...