Elk love magpies, which gently remove their ticks. Elk dislike and distrust ravens, which rip out their fur for nesting materials. Photo by Jeff Mitton. A large herd of elk had settled into Moraine ...

A magpie from Fallon has opened this year's West Nile Virus season. Swabs from the bird were submitted to the Nevada Department of Agriculture's Animal Disease and Food Safety Laboratory by a Nevada ...