Australian magpies, a species unrelated to the other magpies found throughout the world, have one of the world’s most complex birdsongs, according to the Australian Museum, and are adept at mimicking ...

"Come outside any time at all if you want an ass kicking." — Australian magpies, probably Credit: Fairfax Media via Getty Images Australia has a reputation for terrifying, deadly animals, from brown ...

When Dominique Potvin and her team set out to test a new technology for tracking birds, they didn’t think they were entering into an interspecies game of one-upmanship. Instead, Potvin, an animal ...

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 ...

A ferocious bird wreaking havoc with members of an Australian suburb is dead. The menacing magpie, dubbed the “Windsor Road Monster” after swooping down on pedestrians and bicyclists in Sydney, was ...

Experts estimate the wildfires currently burning through southern Australia have killed over half a billion animal Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...