For many New Zealanders, the Australian magpie is a familiar, if sometimes vexing, sight. Introduced from Australia in the ...

Learn more about the black-billed magpie. A black-billed magpie photographed at The New Mexico Wildlife Center in Española Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark ...

And to some of us, it's kind of funny because they're very common if you go to the right place here. Discovery Park [is] the area with the largest population of yellow-billed magpies. There are ...

Well-intentioned people might think they're doing good by Australia's native animals, but one common act is actually killing them. For quite some time now the same image of a ragged-looking magpie ...

Their data shows that of 59 magpie attacks, the eye was the birds' most common target. Magpies seem to get particularly infuriated by bicycles: nearly half of those attacked were riding a bike at ...

“I couldn’t believe my eyes,” he recalled. “These are birds making a nest with anti-bird spikes.” Rows of these sharp metal pins have become a common feature of the urban environment ...

To a magpie, the faster you’re moving, the greater the perceived threat, which is why cyclists, joggers and dog-walkers are common targets. But not all magpies swoop.