Animal rescuers have turned a magpie's sorrow to joy by freeing it from a sticky trap. Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital said the bird was found by the RSPCA with the contraption stuck to its tail ...

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A tragic image of a dead magpie hanging from a tree by fishing line has generated calls for fishers to take more care with ...

“Magpies are one of the only animals in the animal kingdom that mate for life,” Bateman says. “Seeing a magpie on its own is a very bad omen … If you see one on its own, it’s kind of an ...

Most Australians are no doubt attuned to the dreaded sound of flapping wings, a harbinger of doom before a nasty peck to the head (or face) while unwittingly walking by a magpie nest. There have ...

Magpie is just a piece of Sofia's story in The Penguin, someone who helps her reach a breaking point that eventually defines her character. But there's more to know about the character ...