The six-foot-tall birds employed guerilla-like tactics to fluster machine gun-equipped soldiers sent to stop emu-related ...

Australia’s history includes droughts, gold rushes, and plenty of political debates. One unusual episode, however, began with farmers dealing with a problem they could not control.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weighing over 100 pounds and more than five feet tall, emus can be a formidable enemy. In November 1932, the harsh southern sun ...

What began as an attempt to protect farmland from crop damage turned into one of the strangest military episodes in modern history, reports National Geographic. After World War I, thousands of ...