Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Rare Red-Necked Ostriches Introduced in Saudi Arabia to Replace Birds That Went Extinct More Than 80 Years Ago

The released birds are the closest living relatives of the extinct Arabian ostrich. The flightless animals' return is part of ...

London Zoo Ostrich Showing Off His 'Flirting Dance' Definitely Has a Crush on His Zookeeper

On December 30, the London Zoo revisited one of the most popular social media videos they posted last year: Rocky the ostrich ...
Business Wire

Ostrich Pharma USA Produces Antibodies to Block the Virus that Causes COVID-19

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ostrich Pharma USA has announced the successful development of ostrich antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the expanding use of those antibodies in Japan, and plans ...
The Free Press Journal

Its shaved appearance left netizens to worry that the bird might be helpless and traumatised.

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 ...
The Washington Post

Ostrich rides disappearing after practice ruffles feathers

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 ...
Daily Mail

Hilarious moment giraffe KICKS ostrich to the ground after it tries to attack him - and the dazed bird walks into a wall at St Louis zoo

A hilarious video has shown the moment a giraffe kicked an ostrich that was trying to attack him. The footage begins with the ostrich following the giraffe closely at the St. Louis Zoo before it walks ...