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 ...

"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 ...

Magpies may have perfected the art of swooping, but they're not the only Australian bird diving on unsuspecting humans this spring. Plovers, noisy miners, and crows are three species of birds common ...

We’re only two months into the four-month magpie “swooping season” but already more than 600 Australians have been attacked and almost 70 have been injured. And ...

Wildlife experts share magpie 'swooping avoidance strategies' Magpies will start by 'carolling' and clapping their beak before swooping READ MORE: More than a dozen magpies confront a bike rider as ...

Magpies are notoriously territorial during breeding season, which runs from late August through mid-October Magpie season in Australia has taken a fatal turn. A man has died after a magpie, which is a ...

An elderly Australian man was killed Sunday after he crashed into a fence while riding his bike — with the fatal collision reportedly a result of his efforts to avoid a swooping magpie. The man was ...

A triathlete in northern New South Wales has shared a painful encounter with a swooping magpie, capturing the incident on video as the aggressive bird drew blood during his ride. Matthew Hauser, an ...