A giant flightless bird has been fleeing through the English countryside for weeks, after escaping from a farm last month. The bird is a rhea, a South American bird that looks similar to an ostrich.

The Ostrich of Namib and the Rhea of Patagonia are very similar birds. Both are very large birds and are about the size of man. The Ostrich lives in Africa and is found in Namib and the Rhea is found ...

Jan. 12 (UPI) --Members of a British family are asking neighbors in Rushden, Northamptonshire, to keep an eye out for their unusual escaped pet -- a 5-foot-tall rhea bird. Sophie Wills said her family ...

A rhea bird was spotted on the loose near Suffolk, England, about four months after escaping from a farm. Photo courtesy of Debenham Vets/Facebook March 25 (UPI) --The owner of a rhea bird on the ...

Up to 20 rhea birds - which are native to South America and can grow up to five feet high and run over 50 miles per hour - have been running around Maple Cross, Hertfordshire, for weeks causing ...

The giant ostrich-like rhea, despite its largely useless vestigial wings, seems to be something of a flight risk. Last year, we brought you the story of one of the birds — native to South America — ...

March 25 (UPI) --The owner of a rhea bird on the loose in Norfolk, England, is warning neighbors not to attempt to capture the flightless animal. Stephen Alleyne said the rhea, a small cousin of the ...

Meet Rhea the parrot, a bird that loves to explore her surroundings. "Poor Rhea suffers from psittacine beak and feather disease, which unfortunately impacts on all Old and New World parrots," ...

The giant ostrich-like rhea, despite its largely useless vestigial wings, seems to be something of a flight risk. Last year, we brought you the story of one of the birds — native to South America — ...