It's spring, which means magpie swooping season is upon us again. It's easy to forget after the quiet calm of winter, until you're walking through the park and get accosted by a flurry of feathers.

Venturing outside is about to become an exercise in risk management for many Australians as magpie swooping season sets in on ...

"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 ...

It’s just one day into spring but hundreds of Aussies have already reported swooping magpie attacks – with a terrifying amount of injuries also logged. And that ...

Australia is packed full of dangerous animals, insects and birds determined to kill you, but no one is in more danger during magpie mating season than cyclists and bikers. That’s when magpies become ...

So to avoid losing an eye or having a chuck of your ear ripped off here's our list of known swooping hotspots - otherwise known as places to avoid until December, when magpie breeding season ends. One ...

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 ...

Gabrielle Fracalossi, 28, was grabbing groceries from her car in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon when she was accosted by a ...