COLUMN. A Norwegian experiment suggests that the presence of unexpected materials in nests, such as plastic or metal, could ...

Biologists already knew the corvid family–it includes crows, ravens, rooks, magpies and jackdaws–to be among the smartest of all birds. But this remarkable piece of behavior–it features in ...

Flight: relatively slow, with steady, rowing wingbeats, but the birds are easily able to quickly change direction in flight. Magpies usually swoop up or down to perch. While monotypic, birds in ...

Crow, magpie, and gopher hunting contest in Manitoba exposes legal loopholes. Take action now to help stop the cruel killing of wild animals.