Despite being extremely hardy animals, the drought has interfered with this year's emu breeding season with some farmers seeing egg production slashed in half. Emu farmer Wayne Piltz runs 1,200 birds ...

INKSTER, N.D. -- Oil from the fat of an emu -- a flightless three-toed bird, native to Australia -- may be the answer to dry and irritated skin, bug bites, sunburn, inflammation and numerous other ...

A British filmmaker is looking for emu nesting sites in outback Queensland to film for a documentary on big flightless birds. Mike Birkhead has been making films for decades and is currently working ...

Ranchi-based veterinarian Neeraj Kumar Verma has birds on his mind. Not just any bird, but the emu, a flightless avian of Australian origin. Verma is in the process of penning a tome that explores the ...

Ranchi, Feb. 20: If all goes well, state farmers will soon have a big bird at their backyard to breed. Birsa Agriculture University (BAU) is making an effort to start breeding emu across the state.

Hubli, the Commercial Capital of Karnataka, is turning out to be one of the major destinations for emu farming in India, with agriculturists and cattle-rearers finding a new source of income in ...