JOHANNESBURG (AP) — 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 ...

The thought of spending a weekend at an exclusive ostrich farm was intriguing. Just thinking of birds as strong as mammals and taller than an average human being raised my curiosity. We arrived at the ...

As birds go, few are quite as intriguing as the ostrich. Its sheer size makes it an anomaly as we expect a bird to be small — not to tower over us by over a metre. Its diminutive head sitting ...

NEW KENT — Colonial Downs kicked off its summer racing season on Friday by racing zebras, ostriches and camels in between regular horse races. In between the nine thoroughbred races, groups of zebras, ...

You may have cheered for brave little guys and girls mutton-busting at the rodeo, or watched dog racing at Mile High Greyhound Park, but chances are pretty good that you’re never seen ostriches ...

Ostriches raced through a North Carolina town 88 years ago — with people riding them, historians said. During the “unusual” race on July 6, 1935, one of the flightless birds “got off track” and ...

People tend to do a little something extra for that special anniversary. Organizers of the 10th annual Fremont Bull Riding Classic aren't any different. But this special event won't be of the bovine ...

JOHANNESBURG — 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.