It's quiet here. We're up a hill, kind of isolated. There's a behavior watch going on with the kori bustards -- we found that 350 people pass by in an hour. Not a whole lot of people come to the ...

Two kori bustard chicks hatched at the zoo in May. They will go on exhibit next month. (Jim and Pam Jenkins/National Zoo) The National Zoo’s Bird House has welcomed some new feathered friends ...

Male kori bustard filmed in a majestic breeding display. More for You. Two people killed and 22 injured after Mexican training ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge.

The 50th Kori Bustard chick Courtesy of Mehgan Murphy, National Zoo The National Zoo made a little history this month. On June 15, staff at the Bird House proudly watched a Kori Bustard chick poke ...

But none of these are quite so peculiar as the world's largest flying bird, the kori bustard. Male kori bustards weigh up to 40 pounds. As one might imagine, lugging that much weight around in mid ...

This is an important summer for kori bustards at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. Four chicks of this threatened African bird have hatchedin June and July. Along with the bumper crop of baby birds ...

The great bustard is a beloved but endangered bird found in Spain and other locations scattered across Eurasia. Males of the species are possibly the heaviest flying birds in the world (rivaled only ...

Today's heaviest flying bird, the 48-pound Kori Bustard, was a lightweight compared to dinosaur-era flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, according to a new study that presents a novel method for ...

A video by Kruger shows a brawl between two big birds - a Secretary bird and a Kori Bustard. The video was shot by 25-year-old Ashlea Dennison, who was excited about the "super rare" encounter.

A biologist at Smithsonian's National Zoo holds two kori bustard chicks on June 26, 2007. The chicks, Pipe and Tuza, hatched at the zoo June 23 and 24.

Two burrowing owl chicks and two kori bustard chicks hatched at the Smithsonian National Zoo in the past month. Click to toggle navigation menu. Headlines; Local News Click to expand menu.