GREENVILLE, N.C. — An emu jumped a fence and escaped from a farm in North Carolina when it was spooked by a loud piece of farm equipment. Owner Melvin Smith tells WITN in Greenville that the emu ...

From agriculture and urban land clearance to loss of habitat and feral animal predation, native wild animals and their food sources face a rising tide of threats caused by human activities.

We have an active emu alert in Cumberland County. Owner Shelby Gribble said that about four weeks ago, the unnamed female bird she and her husband John keep at their Indian Peg Road home in Monroe ...