{
  "id": 16203392,
  "title": "These Big, Fierce Birds Found Love in Australia—and Laid the First Southern Cassowary Eggs at the Adelaide Zoo in 34 Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/these-big-fierce-birds-found-love-in-australia-and-laid-the-first",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T15:42:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/conservationists-in-australia-celebrate-the-arrival-of-two-southern-cassowary-eggsthe-first-at-adelaide-zoo-in-34-years-180989739/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Zoo staffers don’t know whether the bright green eggs are viable and will ultimately hatch into chicks. However, the eggs themselves are a major win, because breeding the birds in captivity is tricky",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}