Haast’s eagle may have attacked moa like an eagle, but it would have fed on them like a vulture. A Lost World in the South Pacific New Zealand’s wildlife evolved in splendid isolation.

Haast’s eagle, the largest eagle ever known, once ruled New Zealand's skies, preying on giant moa. This formidable predator, potentially inspiring Māori legends, vanished due to prey loss.

And in place of apex predators like tigers, New Zealand had Haast’s eagle. Ever since a group of farm workers drained a swamp in the late 1860s and uncovered its buried bones, this eagle has ...

The Haast's eagle, or Harpagornis moorei, was the largest eagle ever known, dominating the skies of New Zealand for centuries. With a wingspan of up to 3 meters, this apex predator preyed on large ...

Yet an enormous raptor known as Haast's eagle may have done just that centuries ago. The evidence was published by New Zealand scientists in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Biological ...

Among these avian giants, Haast’s eagle (Hieraaetus moorei) stands as the largest eagle to have ever existed. This now-extinct raptor once ruled New Zealand’s South Island, weighing up to 18 ...

A Haast's eagle hunts moa. John Megahan / PLOS Biology 2005 New Zealand has long been known as a place for the birds — quite literally. Before people arrived 700 years ago, the archipelago ...

Rather than cows or antelopes, there was a family of flightless birds known as moa. And in place of apex predators like tigers, New Zealand had Haast’s eagle. Ever since a group of farm workers ...