Author: Tina Hesman Saey / Source: Science News Evolutionary tweaks to DNA that bosses genes around may have grounded some birds. New genetic analyses show that mutations in regulatory DNA caused ratite birds to lose the ability to fly up to five separate times over their evolution, researchers

Source: Sunny Skyz Jeffrey Dean Morgan, best known for his role as Negan on “The Walking Dead”, adopted an inseparable – and unlikely – animal couple from a North Carolina animal rescue group. A male donkey named Jack and a female emu named Diane were brought to Carolina Waterfowl Rescue from

We live on a farm, and around came the time of year where we hatch out chickens to replace any that we lost the previous year. Usually we source the hatching eggs locally, but this year we decided to check eBay for the eggs and we spotted emu hatching eggs. Naturally, we were very curious and

CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- An Australian cyclist ran into a bit of difficulty with an unusual road hazard -- a territorial emu that refused to let bicycles pass. Chris Wilson posted a video to Instagram showing a cyclist traveling down a road in a rural area of Canberra, near the Cotter

An emu named “Emu” has joined the Northern Territory Police. A horse (left), Constable Sharrah Blenkinsop and “Emu”. Nathan Coates / ABC Rural According to ABC Rural reporter Nathan Coates, the flightless bird “runs with the horses, eats with the horses and acts likes the horses.” Nathan