Juliette Wells and her partner Reece saved a baby magpie from a dog park two years ago, and now the bird is bonded with the couple's Staffordshire bull terriers Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Over the past few months, a pair of European ...

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 behavior rarely seen in birds. Our goal was to ...

Magpies are one of the most intelligent birds you will find in your garden, but they are also known to completely take over a bird feeder if you do not try to keep them away. Summer has been ...