"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 ...

Venturing outside is about to become an exercise in risk management for many Australians as magpie swooping season sets in on ...

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 ...

Can one form a friendship with a magpie? –even when adult males are protecting their nests during the swooping season? The short answer is:" Yes, one can" - although science has just begun to provide ...

It's spring, which means magpie swooping season is upon us again. It's easy to forget after the quiet calm of winter, until you're walking through the park and get accosted by a flurry of feathers.

Magpies are notoriously territorial during breeding season, which runs from late August through mid-October Magpie season in Australia has taken a fatal turn. A man has died after a magpie, which is a ...