Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

Wondering about the most dangerous birds on Earth? We've compiled this list of the Top 20 scariest birds — some that have ...

Why it's awesome: The southern cassowary is one of the most prehistoric-looking birds on Earth. They are often likened to a modern-day dinosaur due to their massive size, vivid colouration and ...

Beachgoers in Australia were shocked when an enormous bird, considered by some to be the world's most dangerous, emerged from the water on Oct. 31 and shook itself off. The bird, called a cassowary, ...

Beachgoers in Australia last month initially thought it was a turtle or a shark’s dorsal fin in the ocean. But upon closer inspection, they were stunned to see a cassowary – sometimes dubbed "the ...

It’s unclear how the bird got washed out into the ocean in the first place. Guests at a beachside campground in Queensland, Australia witnessed a jaw-dropping sight last month when a southern ...

Bird keepers are celebrating the first-ever hatching of one of the ‘world’s deadliest chicks’. In the Cotswolds, Birdland has announced its first-ever successful hatching of a southern cassowary chick ...

Cassowaries are considered to be the dinosaurs’ closest living relative Heather Anderson and Gwen Cooper Standing eye-to-eye with a southern cassowary, it is easy to see how this giant bird is ...

The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is one of the most extraordinary birds in the world, and also one of the most dangerous. Native to the dense tropical rainforests of Indonesia, Papua New ...

A helicopter pilot flying over Mount Surprise captured the bizarre sighting, with the endangered adult appearing healthy and energetic. Savannahlander driver and guide Wil Kemp regularly travels ...