After the lights turn green again, the birds fly away and vehicles drive ... the corvid family–it includes crows, ravens, rooks, magpies and jackdaws–to be among the smartest of all birds.

Finding the perfect story for an audience is not easy. It’s always going to need a lot of research work, a talented crew working together using their instincts, and of course often a stroke of luck.

the Javan Green Magpie. "In some of the continent's forests, wildlife is being removed at an alarming rate," narrated Attenborough, as the onscreen setting transferred over to the island of Java.

These are some of the ominous warnings issued in Australia each spring, as magpies and humans begin their annual turf war. Streets and parks become a battleground, as the birds - descending from ...

When we attached tiny, backpack-like tracking devices to five Australian magpies for a pilot study, we didn’t expect to discover an entirely new social behaviour rarely seen in birds. Our goal was to ...

Spring is in the air and with it comes swooping season for the infamous magpie birds. These iconic black and white birds, native to Australia, are generally charming songbirds, but during breeding ...