The Flight of the Hippogriff takes off on a roller coaster ride at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Studios Hollywood. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) By Brady MacDonald.

‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” is full of magical effects, but none is more spectacular – or adorable – than Buckbeak, the animated half-horse, half-eagle creatu… ...

In the latest "Harry Potter" film, the special effects wizards faced a new challenge -- creating Buckbeak, the hippogriff. It was almost impossible to get one detail exactly right. But without it ...

Size comparisons to hippogriff, human and Western dragon (2). Spikes behind the forelimbs are vestiges of wings, reflecting ancient common ancestry with Western dragons (3).

Further on in your wizarding-world journey, you'll come across a quest entitled "The Hippogriff Marks the Spot" in Hogwarts Legacy.This is technically a continuation of a previous quest filled ...

Want the Hogwarts Legacy Hippogriff mount? Here's how to befriend Highwing the Hippogryph so you can ride and fly her around Hogwarts castle and the Highlands.