cute These Australian Magpies sound like an experimental noise music band Popkin

Delightful Creatures Hans Forsberg is training local magpies to trade trash for food Andrea James

mysteries 15 honey-drizzled bananas appear on a plate every month on a street corner Ellsworth Toohey

Nature Raven demonstrate remarkable problem-solving skills with water displacement Popkin

carrion crow Another reason why crows are cool: they make nests out of anti-bird spikes Mark Frauenfelder

ornithology Altruistic birds foil scientists by helping each other yank off tracking devices David Pescovitz

DRONES Watch: Raven attacks Google delivery drone in Australia Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets It's a desk lamp, a night light, and a gorgeous art piece – all wrapped up in one Boing Boing's Shop

cats Cats are one of the few animals known to recognize and mimic human behavior Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures Watch: A magpie chasing a boy on his scooter is like a scene from 'The Birds' Carla Sinclair

animals Inspector Crow: birds investigate cause of death when they find a body Rob Beschizza

animals Zombies vs. animals? The living dead wouldn't stand a chance David Mizejewski