I mean, you've got a dog that has the jaws to crush a bird to death, and you've got this magpie that could stab the dog's eyes out. But they're not. They've never been aggressive with each other ...

In domestic birds like chickens and budgies, it's considered a result of poor care and hygiene, but in wild populations of magpies, crows and currawongs, Coake said it often comes from the bird's ...

Two new photographs of Molly the magpie have been uploaded to social media after the bird was returned to a Gold Coast couple on Monday. They show the Insta-famous bird reunited with pet dogs ...

“Peggy and Molly” were a match made for the internet. Peggy is a stout and muscular Staffordshire bull terrier, and Molly is a magpie, an Australian bird best known for swooping on humans ...

Don't run. Travel in groups. Carry an umbrella and wear sunglasses on the back of your head. These are some of the ominous warnings issued in Australia each spring, as magpies and humans begin ...

A fossil discovery of an ancient relative of the Australian magpie which lived in New Zealand some 19 million years ago ...

Named after their resemblance to the Eurasian magpie, to which they are not actually closely related, Australian magpies are a protected native species, and to some, a beloved national icon.

It leaves the bird with hardened, crusted legs, which can prevent them from walking and perching in severe cases. "It's a death sentence unless treated," Wild Animals Australia's Cat Coake told ...