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.

"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 ...

QUEENSLAND is in the grip of magpie swooping season, with a rise in reports of territorial behaviour. See where the ‘danger zones’ around Brisbane are. Queensland is in the grip of magpie swooping ...

Magpies are known to aggressively swoop perceived threats close to their nesting areas during breeding season Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

A 12-year-old West Australian schoolgirl has been left with a devastating eye injury after being swooped by a magpie on her way home from school – an accident that will now see her face up to 18 ...

Last month in Brisbane, Australia, a swooping magpie led to the tragic death of 5-month-old baby Mia. Now, the city council has come forward with plans to promptly remove aggressive birds from ...

Tuesday afternoon it started. I was waiting across the street from the office, anticipating getting a lift home from my partner; just standing quietly, watching the cars go by, and the busy pedestrian ...

A magpie’s swoop is actually the last of several warnings before the territorial birds attack — here’s what you should look out for, along with the one thing you should do, instead of hurrying away.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Magpies coexist peacefully with Canberrans for about two-thirds of the year, crammed together in the city by its tree-lined streets and ...

It's nesting season in Australia and people are on high alert for vicious swooping Australian magpies. The much-loved songbird is loathed for its tendancy to divebomb cyclists, pedestrians, and ...