A new study suggests features in the prehistoric creature's mouth helped it eat more efficiently, giving the species the energy needed to go airborne ...
The chair of Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia says it’s not surprising to see avian influenza at this time of year, because it’s the peak migration season for the Atlantic Flyway.
There is a saying that the Mounties always get their man. But on one November night in Lunenburg County, N.S., their ...
A flexible tongue, sensitive beak and teethlike cones in the mouth may have helped Archaeopteryx generate enough energy to fly.
The renaming honors Art Timko, who spent 42 years at WEMU 89.1. Timko started at WEMU as a student in January 1968, stayed through August of that year, went into the military and served in Vietnam.
If there’s one bird you don’t want to get into a fight with, it’s an emu. In 1932, the Australian army launched a full-scale military operation against these towering birds — and lost. What followed ...
The emu is the tallest bird in Australia and the second tallest bird in the world, but there is far more to this flightless giant than its size. In this video, discover fascinating facts about emus, ...
Back in the 1970s British entertainer Rod Hull famously knocked a TV chat show host off his seat by attacking him with his hand puppet called Emu.
A neutron star’s teaspoon of material would weigh billions of tons. Venus rotates backwards compared to most planets. Space smells like seared steak, according to astronauts. There are more trees on ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI, specifically HPAI H5N1, commonly referred to as “bird flu,” has rippled far beyond farms and impacted Americans of all walks of life, whether they know it or ...
Aircraft operations continue to support firefighters on the ground by gathering intelligence from the firegrouond and being available to perform drops over the fire where required. Aerial firefighting ...
You can forget your swifts, your peregrine falcons, and your grey-headed albatrosses. They may be fast, but when it comes to level flight, it’s not a bird, but a mammal that holds the record.