Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield said the zoo's 21-year-old female emu, Adam, died during a hailstorm, while a male rhea was injured.

The facility also sustained damage across its animal enclosures ...

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri - An emu was killed after large, softball-sized hail slammed a Missouri zoo during a severe weather event Tuesday morning. The 21-year-old emu was at Dickerson Park Zoo in ...

A 21-year-old emu named Adam was killed at a Missouri zoo after sustaining head trauma from softball-sized hail that battered the city of Springfield during a historic storm. Adam, a female emu at the ...

"Keepers were moving to get all the animals in, and you can't make some of them move," a zoo spokesperson said. "You can't get them to do exactly what you want." ...