It truly was amazing. A fisherman grabbed a catfish, waited as an eagle circled above his boat. Then? He tossed it into the air. In one snap of its talons, it grabbed the fish and raced off for a meal ...

Australia’s extinct giant eagle was big enough to snatch koalas from trees Published: March 15, 2023 9:56pm EDT Ellen K. Mather , Aaron Camens , Mike Lee , Trevor H. Worthy , Flinders University ...

Australia has all sorts of amazing animals, but it doesn't have any vultures. At least not in modern times. A team of researchers has written a new chapter in the continent's history of birds by ...

Giant eagle Dynatoaetus gaffae was Australia's biggest raptor, researchers say. By Christian Cominos. ABC North and West SA. Topic: Birds. Thu 16 Mar 2023 Thursday 16 March 2023 Thu 16 Mar 2023 at ...

Today, Australia is home to 17 species of hawks and eagles. But the fossil record shows some other, rather special raptors were present in the relatively recent past.

History’s third-largest eagle. Dynatoaetus gaffae (Gaff’s powerful eagle) lived during the Pleistocene epoch, perhaps between 700,000 and 50,000 years ago. At twice the size of a wedge-tailed eagle ...