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Amazon soils are usually low in the nutrients that plants covet, but harpy eagles can create local hot spots with their poop and prey.

“Keeping the nest tree standing and protecting a small area around that tree is one of our goals,” says Tânia Sanaiotti, founder of the Harpy Eagle Project, 25 years old now. “If you leave only the nest tree there in the middle of nowhere, the nestling won’t be able to take its first flight. It […]

الجمعة - 22 ذو القعدة 1442 هـ - 02 يوليو 2021 مـ رقم العدد [ 15557] أكبر النسور يعاني من جراء الإزالة الجائرة للغابات (أ.ف.ب) لندن: «الشرق الأوسط» يقول أنصار الحفاظ على البيئة إن أحد أكبر النسور في العالم تقلّصت فرص النجاة أمامه جراء الإزالة الجائرة لل...

La deforestación amenaza con matar de hambre a una de las águilas más grandes Facebook Agencia EFE Las águilas arpías (Harpia harpyja), que es una las especies más grandes del mundo, tienen dificultades para alimentar a sus crías en zonas muy deforestadas del Amazonas, según un estudio publicado en Scientific Reports. osos perezosos y monos que viven en las copas de los árboles, pero en las zonas deforestadas, no cambiaron a presas alternativas, por lo que alimentaban a sus anima...

Research Press Release Scientific Reports July 1, 2021 Harpy eagles (Harpia harpyja) – which are among the world’s largest eagle species - struggle to feed offspring in heavily deforested areas of the Amazon, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. Everton Miranda and colleagues found that harpy eagles rely on specific prey that lives in canopy forests, including sloths and monkeys. Eaglets starved in areas of high deforestation where canopy-based food was limited. The author...

Dying of curiosity: Why people shoot harpy eagles by Claire Wordley on 16 March 2021 A recent study in the Journal of Raptor Research collected records of harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) persecution across Central and South America. They found 132 documented cases of people killing the birds in 11 of the 18 countries in the species’ range. Researchers say that curiosity and a desire to see the birds up close is a major reason that people shoot the birds, followed by fears that they may threaten...