Magpies that are aggressive towards other members of their group tend to be not so smart, according to researchers at The University of Western Australia. Dr. Lizzie Speechley, from UWA's School of ...

Growing up in a large social group makes Australian magpies more intelligent, new research shows. Using four tasks to test intelligence, scientists from the University of Exeter and the University of ...

The social interactions Western Australian magpies experience in their first year of life affects their intelligence, according to a new study. Dr. Lizzie Speechley, from The University of Western ...

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Birds are far more intelligent than they are often given credit for. A landmark study by researchers at the University of Washington, published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the Royal ...

Magpies are amazing birds! They are strikingly handsome, intelligent, and bold. They build nests with domed roofs and side entrances and decorate these homes with the bright shiny objects they collect ...

Australian magpies have made themselves at home in human cities, but that doesn’t mean that urban environments are free of challenges. New research suggests that human noise pollution affects the ...