The ostrich is the largest and heaviest living bird. Males are typically larger than females, weighing 220 to 287 pounds and measuring 6.9 to 9 feet in height. Meanwhile, females weigh 198 to 242 ...

Also making his Zoo Atlanta debut is Nafis, a Schmidt’s guenon. The 10-year-old monkey arrived in November and recently ...

The onslaught came immediately after a federal court judge ruled in May the agency could cull a herd of ostriches in Edgewood ...

Meat from this seven-foot African bird, unlike chicken or turkey, resembles beef in taste, coloring, and texture – in fact, it’s often compared to filet mignon. It’s also leaner – 97-percent fat free ...

In India, usually, when walking down the streets, you might see a dog or a pigeon nearby—but an ostrich? That sounds almost dreamy. Yet in Kochi, Kerala, locals were stunned to spot an ostrich running ...

Clambering onto an ostrich for a ride used to be popular among tourists in a South African town known as the “ostrich capital of the world.” Not so much anymore. Two major ostrich farms in the ...

“I do not like this,” I say to a total stranger who is trying, and failing, to get me to stand still so she can take the picture I requested and be free of me and my phone. “Why am I doing this?” ...

The English language is very rich and descriptive. Someone “hiding their head in the sand, like an ostrich” is said to be foolishly ignoring their problem, while hoping it will magically vanish. The ...

Performing legend Johnny Cash passed away at the age of 71 in 2003. If Waldo the ostrich had his way, the singer would have departed much sooner. This was a problem. Ostriches are the world’s biggest ...