While the cassowary has a “fluffy” appearance, that’s not hair on their body but rather glossy feathers that are fairly unique across birds. Birds have beaks, a lightweight skeleton (which ...

But holy toledo, does this newly discovered oviratporid ever look like a modern cassowary—right from ... preserved and practically complete skeleton—were uncovered near a train station in ...

In fact, the cassowary is one of the few birds known to have killed humans, with at least two recorded deaths in 1926 and 2019. However, in both cases, the humans got too close to the bird ...

Almost a full skeleton of the sharp-clawed ... of dinosaurs that are closely related to birds and often have strange, cassowary-like crests on their heads." Lead researcher Dr Lamanna says ...

In fact, the crests have such similar shapes, the cassowary's may provide clues ... The paleontologists found an almost complete skeleton, including the skull and lower jaw, which helped them ...

A similar scene played out recently on a beach in Queensland, Australia, when a cassowary – a living dinosaur if we’ve ever seen one – emerged from the ocean. Onlookers initially mistook the ...

It’s not just any bird that strikes fear into the heart of Aussies. The cassowary is one of the world’s largest birds, and it looks like a relic from another geologic era. It’s as tall as a ...

One of those animals at risk of disappearing is the flightless southern cassowary bird. Perhaps the closest thing we have to a living, breathing dinosaur, these five-feet-tall birds stalk ...