Magpies are notoriously territorial, but they're also highly intelligent and social birds. Magpies are notoriously territorial, but they're also highly intelligent and social birds. Anyone who’s ever ...

Researchers tried to attach tracking devices to magpies for a study. But the magpies helped each other to remove them — a possible sign, the scientists say, of altruism in the birds. Birds in ...

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Anti-bird spikes are used around the world to keep birds off buildings. But clever magpies and crows in Europe have figured out how to use them to their advantage. They have started using the spikes ...

Spend any amount of time in the Vail Valley, and that flash of tuxedo white on black will catch your eye. The lon, graceful tail gleams iridescent greens and blues. With a stately black bill and a ...

The magpies are out and about right now. It’s because the birds, like many other animals that call Colorado home year-round, are preparing for the looming winter. The black-billed magpies in Colorado ...

Cyclist Rhys Newell was just out for a ride in northern New South Wales when he suddenly felt something clawing at his face. Checking his cheek, he felt a small wound — he'd been swooped. "Usually, ...

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Anyone who’s ever been swooped at by a magpie will be horrified to learn that the birds are working together. A research team in Australia studying a new kind of tracking device for birds was ...

Birds in Australia have outsmarted the scientists hoping to study them. The birds, known as Australian magpies, were fitted with GPS tracking harnesses. DOMINIQUE POTVIN: We fit the harnesses on. They ...