Specialized "PieProof" helmets that protect ears and faces have also become popular during swooping season. Media reports have cited injuries, event cancellations due to swooping-risks and accidents ...

The magpies are out and about right now. It’s because the birds, like many other animals that call Colorado home year-round, are preparing for the looming winter. The black-billed magpies in Colorado ...

Wildlife experts share magpie 'swooping avoidance strategies' Magpies will start by 'carolling' and clapping their beak before swooping READ MORE: More than a dozen magpies confront a bike rider as ...

Video: New research shows that magpies can recognise themselves – the first time this has been shown in non-mammals. Self-recognition, once thought to be an ability enjoyed only by select primates, ...