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.

LATROBE Valley residents are once again being urged to take care outdoors, with swooping season underway across the region.

They are the Aussie suburbs in dire need of a no fly-zone, areas where aerial assassins swoop over otherwise peaceful neighbourhoods in kamikaze-style.

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

“Most Councils now have some sort of sign saying that it’s magpie season, and if you see a magpie, to get off your bike and walk slowly away - and ideally even take your helmet off… because it’s the ...

Magpie swooping season is in full swing as at least 130 attacks have been reported, some resulting in injuries, in South ...

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 ...

Culturally revered in Dreamtime stories but feared by cyclists, the magpie has a "Jekyll and Hyde" presence in our suburbs. But one expert says there are ways to win them over — even if you're magpie ...

LAST week saw a Magpie invasion in Gippsland. Collingwood returned to the region for the third time in two years, traversing the west of Gippsland, much to the delight of the hundreds of footy loving ...