Experts estimate the wildfires currently burning through southern Australia have killed over half a billion animal Australian magpies, a species unrelated to the other magpies found throughout the ...

Scientists fear some types of bird and a species of deer won't be able to adapt quickly enough to survive the environmental devastation brought about by climate change. The authors of a paper ...

Black-billed magpies are year-round residents in our part of the Red River Valley, so I'm not surprised to see one on a drive through the countryside. I am pleased, though, because it shows me the ...

Lightweight and sophisticated tracking devices have made it possible to study the behavior of birds in all kinds of useful ways, for example, helping keep them safe from ships or monitoring their ...

Magpies can recognize themselves in a mirror, highlighting the mental skills of some birds and confounding the notion that self-awareness is the exclusive preserve of humans and a few higher mammals.

Grace Blackburn receives funding from an ARC Discovery Grant, a Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment, and the University of Western Australia. Amanda Ridley receives funding from the Australian ...

It’s rare to see a movie where birds play a key role. I touched on “The Birds” by Alfred Hitchcock in my June 28, 2023, column where my main topic was Brewer’s blackbird. What usually catches my eye — ...

Magpies are notoriously territorial during breeding season, which runs from late August through mid-October Magpie season in Australia has taken a fatal turn. A man has died after a magpie, which is a ...

They are strikingly handsome, intelligent and bold. They build nests with domed roofs and side entrances and decorate these homes with the bright shiny objects they collect. They hold funeral services ...

Magpies deserve our apology. Apparently humans have been unnecessarily maligning the birds for centuries. They actually aren’t attracted to shiny things, and they’re probably not thieves, Toni ...