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 ...

Australian magpies have made themselves at home in human cities, but that doesn’t mean that urban environments are free of challenges. New research suggests that human noise pollution affects the ...

Gymnorhina tibicen - Australian Magpie in Australia, New Zealand in the rain(Getty Images/iStockphoto/phototrip) A songbird mimicking the sounds of emergency sirens ...

It's spring in Australia, and the magpies are swooping. This sleek, black-and-white bird turns aggressive in September and October, when male magpies protect their fledglings by dive-bombing ...