Haast's eagle was quite a giant among birds of prey. Its wingspan could spread up to 3 meters and its body weight was up to 15 kilograms. Any eagle species that is alive in the present is smaller.

A paleogeneticist has warned discussions should start around New Zealand's response to the de-extinction of animals. It comes ...

Attenborough comes face to face with the Gigantophis garstini — an enormous snake species — as well as the giant saber-toothed Smilodon and Haast's eagle (Hieraaetus moorei), among others.

But there’s more… less than a mile away, in another, bigger overhang, is another charcoal image of what is probably the moa’s giant predator. The Haast eagle, the largest that has ever lived ...