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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This video exposes the terrifying power and territorial aggression of the world's most dangerous birds. From the prehistoric ...

Towering at five and a half feet tall, sprinting up to 31 miles per hour, and leaping up to seven feet off the ground, cassowaries are the stuff of legends. They are the third largest bird in the ...

When you think about birds, you likely don't consider them to be dangerous or aggressive creatures, aside from a few species. You might immediately think of the melodious songbirds that remind you of ...

A cassowary chick has been born at the Paignton Zoo in the United Kingdom for the first time in 21 years. Getty Images/iStockphoto A rare cassowary chick has been born in the United Kingdom. It the ...

A family in Australia had a “close encounter” with cassowary birds searching for food, a video shows. The incident prompted warnings. Screengrab from a video shared by the Queensland Department of the ...

Hosts Kaitlen Daigle and Lauren Phinney sit down with Marco Wendt, wildlife ambassador for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, to talk about cassowaries. Cassowaries are large, flightless birds ...