A 56 million-year-old fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family of birds spread to so many different ...

Discover the fascinating world of bipedal animals, from waddling penguins and hopping kangaroos to upright-standing flamingos ...

Dutch authorities are set to cull approximately 71,000 chickens at a northern poultry farm after a bird flu outbreak was ...

An analysis of hoverfly flight shows that wing design, not faster flapping, enables the smallest species to generate enough ...

Aside from being a delight to watch, flight in birds is regarded by many cultures as a symbol of freedom, and a source of ...

For decades, scientists scratched their heads over an unusual mystery. How did ostriches, emus, cassowaries, kiwis, and rheas manage to appear on separate continents despite being flightless? The ...

A remarkable fossil in the National Museum of Natural History’s collection reveals that the ancestors of modern flightless birds were capable of flying long distances ...

How did the ostrich cross the ocean? 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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Ostrich Towne is hosting a celebration of its newest restaurant, Riverside BBQ, on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. The celebration will feature remarks from Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, ...

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 ...