Ostriches and emus are very similar birds, but they do have vast differences. One of these is that there is only one emu species, while there are two different species of ostrich: the common ...

A military campaign meant to rid Western Australia of crop-destroying emus ended in failure. But the surreal showdown highlighted the birds’ critical role in the country’s ecosystem and cultural ...

The emu is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus ...

Some birds, like cassowaries and lammergeiers, are formidable predators; understanding them is vital for safety.

An escaped emu has been recaptured after being on the run for a number of weeks in Lincolnshire. The female bird was spotted a number of times in the Spilsby area over the past month, but ...

To answer this, the researchers built what was basically a digital marionette with emu skeleton and muscle. They could make ...

A bird centre in the Borders is welcoming the arrival of three little emu chicks to a first-time dad. The chicks were hatched in their father's nest after getting some help incubating in a barn at ...

Now they’re searching for a loose emu. Residents of Loris and Green Sea shared photos of the large bird running around the countryside of Horry County. The emu has been surviving on its own ...

Efforts to rescue a runaway emu are "being scuppered" by people chasing it "in 4x4s", police have said. The large bird has been regularly spotted near Spilsby in the last few weeks but ...