An 8-year-old girl has gone viral after conducting her own research on what attracts magpies to swoop. Here's what she found out.

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If you've ever had the pleasure of encountering Australia's iconic magpies, you know these birds are intelligent creatures. With their striking black and white plumage, loud warbling voices and ...

When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we didn’t expect to discover an entirely new social behaviour rarely seen in birds. Our goal was to ...

"Peggy and Molly" regularly feature in videos playing together and have millions of fans on social media An Australian state premier has backed a campaign to return an Instagram-famous magpie to ...

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Cairns will play host to its third Brownlow Medallist in three years with one of the greats of the modern era set to lace up ...