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

With their large size, bold pied plumage, and fondness for open areas, black-billed magpies are easily seen. They hop and walk on the ground with a swaggering and confident gait. Monotypic. Length ...

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.