The police came at dawn. Karen Espersen watched them drive into the valley: more than 40 cruisers in a line. They were on a mission from the government. All of her ostriches must die. Karen and her ...

For a flightless bird, ostrich has had a turbulent history in the U.S. meat market. Thirty years ago, farmers and breeders flocked to the ostrich business, oversaturating it. But without consumer ...

Forget the dim-witted stereotype. These big birds are shrewd survivors in a world of predators. Standing tall at the southern tip of Africa, a male ostrich surveys the shore near the Cape of Good Hope ...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — The 8-foot-tall ostrich named Blue stuck his head over the fence at Central Oregon Ostrich. As he looked down, his dinosaur-like feet sunk into the dirt. When the flightless bird ...