Venturing outside is about to become an exercise in risk management for many Australians as magpie swooping season sets in on September 1. For about four weeks at the beginning of spring each year, ...

A magpie "monster" that had been terrorizing people in Sydney was shot down on the orders of neighborhood officials, much to the distress of animal rights activists. The Australian magpie was shot ...

Aggressive magpies have launched more than 100 swooping attacks on unsuspecting South Australians. See where the hot spots are here. There have been at least eight people injured by swooping magpies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australians face an aerial assault from protective magpies this spring, with 887 swooping attacks already logged and dozens of ...

Amelia Golsby-Smith grew up in the family that had everything. Private schooling. Regular overseas holidays. From the outside ...

Don't run. Travel in groups. Carry an umbrella and wear sunglasses on the back of your head. These are some of the ominous warnings issued in Australia each spring, as magpies and humans begin their ...

Spring has sprung across the country - and while most Aussies are celebrating the end of winter, the seasonal change brings with it a new threat. More than 800 incidents have already been reported so ...