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 ...

Magpies are amongst the most intelligent birds you'll encounter in your garden, but they are also notorious for monopolising a bird feeder if left unchecked. This summer has been particularly dry, ...

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 ...