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A woman and her daughter narrowly escaped a dangerous encounter with two hungry cassowaries — an adult and its chick — in the ...

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

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Scientists have discovered that the kultarr – one of Australia’s most elusive marsupials – is actually three different ...

The St. Bathans currawong would have been black in color, different from the black and white Australian magpie bird.

After receiving calls about an emu chasing cars and running at people, officers said they weren't surprised when they found ...

The recording highlights that there is still much to learn about the animals and plants that live in (New South Wales).” ...

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Lansing police responded to the 1200 block of Reo Road about 2:15 p.m. June 26, after a citizen reported a loose animal, a ...

For many New Zealanders, the Australian magpie is a familiar, if sometimes vexing, sight. Introduced from Australia in the ...

Animal experts said the two cassowaries were a parent child pair, too, a father and son who had been “habituated” – that is ...