Experts are urging caution after a cassowary exhibiting "bold behaviour" kicked a man in the leg in his backyard.

“Though the cassowary was not in the area, nearby residents reported the cassowary had approached them with bold behaviour.” ...

Mission Beach is surrounded by World Heritage rainforest, home to many southern cassowaries, the largest bird in Australia and second in the world only to the ostrich. Cassowary sand sculpture ...

If they go extinct, rainforests will suffer With legs like a velociraptor and a striking neon blue neck, the southern ...

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting calm weather in southern Queensland, allowing floodwaters to recede and recovery efforts ... Further north, the bureau is forecasting widespread showers and ...

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting calm weather in southern Queensland ... particularly along the Cassowary Coast and Cape York Peninsula. Overnight the heaviest falls were recorded in ...