Standing close to six feet tall with a helmet-like casque on its head, the southern cassowary looks more like a relic from an ...

Deep in the rainforests of northeastern Australia and New Guinea lives a bird that looks like it wandered out of the Cretaceous and never left. The southern cassowary stands as tall as an adult person ...

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 ...

What is it? It’s a bird dropping. A big bird dropping. From a big bird.

I’ve come to Australia in search of a giant dinosaur bird called the southern cassowary, but so far all I've found is Bruce: 300 pounds and 12 fluid ounces of forty-something bearded banana farmer ...

The southern cassowary, a flightless bird native to rainforests, is a living link to prehistoric times, possessing powerful legs and a dagger-like claw. Despite its dangerous reputation, it plays a ...

Marvin Hajos kept the bird despite its fearsome reputation ...

After being attacked by the bird, Marvin Hajos, 75, made a 911 call from his property in Alachua County, Florida ...

Hunter's latest documentary on the Southern Cassowaries of North-East Queensland reveals insights into the behaviour of these large birds, including their extraordinary feeding behaviour of leaping to ...

Standing nearly six feet tall with a dagger-tipped foot and a reputation for ferocity, the southern cassowary seems built for destruction. But the rainforests of Australia and New Guinea depend on ...

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 ...