New Zealand's extinct Haast's eagle (Hieraaetus moorei), the largest known eagle, gulped down viscera like a vulture and may even have been bald, new research suggests. An international team of ...

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 hosted an ...