An emu abandoned by her parents was taken in by an unlikely foster mother − a chicken named Nugget. Shrub, now aged four, was hatched then rejected by her parents Forest and Mathilda in Birdworld in ...
It was the first time I had heard of this concept, more frequently referred to as "nesting," and I was intrigued because, under a nesting framework, it is the parents who travel away from the prim ...
Breeding north of the Arctic Circle ... Most bird records are set on the wing; the emu can boast a rather unusual record - as the world's furthest walking bird. It cannot fly, so must walk ...