Birds exhibit fascinating behaviors as they collect vibrant and unique materials for purposes such as courtship and nesting.

Magpies that are aggressive towards other members of their group tend to be not so smart, according to researchers at The University of Western Australia. Dr. Lizzie Speechley, from UWA's School of ...

When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we didn't expect to discover an entirely new social behavior rarely seen in birds. Our goal was to ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magpies are notoriously territorial, but they're also highly intelligent and social birds. Magpies are notoriously territorial, ...

Closely related to crows, these Javan green magpies are known to have an extensive vocabulary A pair of exceedingly rare and incredibly beautiful songbirds have just arrive at the Newquay Zoo in ...

These curious magpies gather around a fake owl instead of being scared away by it. The homeowner created the decoy to stop the birds from stealing food intended for a pet cat. Instead, the magpies ...

Tomas and Olof Morsing created a bird feeder/trash recycling gadget that teaches magpies to pick up litter through a task and reward system A father and son have created a fully functional trash ...

Researchers tried to attach tracking devices to magpies for a study. But the magpies helped each other to remove them — a possible sign, the scientists say, of altruism in the birds. Birds in ...