Aside from being a delight to watch, flight in birds is regarded by many cultures as a symbol of freedom, and a source of inspiration for humans to build our own flying machines. This makes those ...
It may sound like a joke, but scientists have long been puzzled by how the family of birds that includes African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, New Zealand kiwis and South American rheas ...
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, Calif. - While some in the Santa Ynez Valley tried to flee the heat wave, ostriches and emus flocked to the sprinklers at OstrichLand. The valley reached triple-digit temperatures ...
Ostriches may be ground-bound, but their ancestors could take flight, a new study says The fearsome Australian cassowary, which cannot fly but is sometimes called "the world's most dangerous bird" ...