Why did the emu cross the road? No, it's not the setup to a new joke; it's a genuine question people are asking after witnessing a runaway emu running along US Route 41 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

An escaped emu sent deputies on a wild goose chase after it walked up to a bar in central Florida. The long-legged bird, which resembles an ostrich, hopped its 4-foot fence in Cape Canaveral on Friday ...

MeeMoo the emu can sure move. A pet emu led police on a wild, 20-mile chase through a Tennessee town on Wednesday — clocking in at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour — only to bust out of his enclosure ...

California Highway Patrol officers embarked on a wild emu chase Friday afternoon, finally capturing the giant bird as it strolled down a freeway shoulder. “Yeah, it really was an emu,” California ...

PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO) — Reports of an emu loose on Interstate 10 spurred troopers to investigate Friday morning. And sure enough, the bird was found, according to Arizona Department of Public Safety ...

A wayward emu ran wild through two New Jersey towns Tuesday morning, before getting captured by animal control officials, reports said. The towering bird, which can run up to 30 miles per hour, was ...