Ostriches, the world's largest birds, are found in Africa. Their strong legs and six-inch talons can kill a lion, disembowel a human, or even puncture the frame of a car ...
The research found that these birds, which lived near towns such as Winchester, Oxford and London fed extensively on human scraps, rather than hunting live prey. The absence of rabbits in the country ...
Medieval Britain was a time of knights, castles, and – as new research suggests – birds of prey feasting on human leftovers. Far from the image of noble birds of prey hunting live targets, these ...