An elderly man has been left badly injured by what emergency services have described as a “cassowary attack” in North ...

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The cassowary, the only bird that Australians fear most, is the heaviest bird in Australia and the second heaviest in the world. It is flightless, that is, incapable of flying. According to CNN ...

The Department of Environment and Science of Australia's Queensland Government said onlookers first mistook the bird for a large shark An unexpected swimmer was spotted lurking near Bingil Bay in ...

The cassowary is often called the world’s most dangerous bird due to its aggressive nature and powerful attacks. Native to Australia and New Guinea, cassowaries are large, flightless birds known ...

Australian people have a reputation for being hardy and fearless — after all, when you live in a country that has every kind of poisonous snake and spider known to man, not to mention the ...

This story appears in the Spetember 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. On the ground in front of me there’s a large round pile of what looks like moist purple mud. It’s roughly the ...

Some birds appear harmless but can be aggressive, defending nests or hunting, showing nature's unpredictability.

take place. Held at Mission Beach in Far North Queensland, the festival is the biggest local event of the year, and the biggest of any dedicated to the cassowary in the world. This year will see ...

Bruce is a 3-year-old male cassowary that will be living in the Wallaroo Walkabout. He came to the Louisville Zoo from ...

WITH legs like a velociraptor and a striking neon blue neck, the southern cassowary cuts a fearsome figure in the rainforests of northeast Australia. It is best to admire these human-sized birdies ...