Palaeognaths include emus and ostriches, and can reach 9 feet tall and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are more known for ...

Experts hope their research could help us to better understand how dinosaurs behaved, as emus are one of their closest living ...

Emus have a reputation for being “bird-brained”. In her art, Wendy Binks of Stunned Emu Designs captures that quirky, if ...

Large birds -- our closest relations to dinosaurs -- are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food.

Every grade schooler knows that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest. The stuff of Attenborough doc legend, ...

Large birds—our closest relations to dinosaurs—are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food. This is the first time scientists have been able to show that ...

That's because they were born without feathers! They are potentially the only emus in the world to have this condition, but ...

Emus have an image problem, thanks to Rod Hull’s aggressive puppet and the frequently repeated claim that they are the world’s stupidest bird. But the large flightless birds have shown they ...

Meet Rock, a laughing kookaburra, at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo. They’re native to Australia and live in forest ...