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 ...

Feeding and caring for garden birds is crucial for preserving species and aiding our environment to flourish throughout the year. While there are numerous beautiful bird species that gardeners wish to ...

Researchers are urging city-dwellers to switch off their garden lights at night-time after a study of magpies and pigeons revealed the harmful impact artificial light is having on the birds' sleep ...

Walk around Alaska's largest city for any amount of time and it soon becomes evident: Anchorage has a lot of full-time feathered residents. And if you take a stroll or hike in the spring or early ...

UK gardens can attract robins, blue tits and finches; however, these common birds can often be scared away by a noisy gang of larger breeds. Known as "bully birds", these clever and greedy species can ...

Across UK gardens, magpies and pigeons muscle in while robins and sparrows wait on the sidelines. A two-minute winter morning ritual quietly hands power back to the small birds. Every winter, ...

Scientists in Australia thought they had developed an innovative new tracking device to help them monitor magpies, but these crafty birds had other ideas. New research published in Australian Field ...

According to a newly-published study, Australian magpies who live in larger groups show increased cognitive performance over those who live in smaller groups, and this, in turn, is linked to increased ...

Researchers find light comparable in intensity to street lighting can disrupt the length, structure and intensity of sleep in magpies and pigeons. Researchers are urging city-dwellers to switch off ...