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

In Australia, the Southern Cassowary is commonly found in the rainforests of Queensland, particularly in the Daintree region. Cassowaries also inhabit mangroves, swamp forests, and lowland regions.

The bird in question? Casuarius casuarius, the southern cassowary, fruit-eater-in-chief of Australia’s rain forests. Cassowaries are large, flightless birds related to emus and (more distantly ...

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 ...

If you encounter a southern cassowary, back away slowly and put something like a tree or a backpack between yourself and the bird, and let it go on its way," the Australian agency shared in its ...