In early 1833, during the voyage of the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin found himself in a corner of the world he didn’t particularly care for, an archipelago near the southern tip of South America called ...

A striated caracara investigates the puzzle box. Source: Oly Dempster, used with permission. At the southern tip of South America lives a quirky and curious bird of prey unlike any other. Striated ...

A recent study in falcons highlights commonalities in ecology that underlie the evolution of innovative thinking in both corvids and cockatoos A pair of striated caracaras (Phalcoboenus australis) on ...

A team of researchers, led by Katie Harrington at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, has studied the puzzle-solving abilities of striated caracaras on the Falkland Islands. The habitat of ...

The remote Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic are home to the world’s most intelligent bird of prey, the striated caracara. In this behind-the-scenes film, a camera team travels there to reveal ...