A southern cassowary chick hatched in the UK, making it only the second one of its species to have hatched on European soil.

There lives in the heart of the Australian and New Guinea tropical rainforest a bird that would seem like it belonged in a dinosaur movie: the cassowary. The bright blue face, helmet-like ...

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 ...

GAINESVILLE — A cassowary, a large emu-like flightless bird, killed a man Friday near Alachua. Alachua County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Brett Rhodenizer identified the man as 75-year-old ...

An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on Earth—entered the National Geographic ...

The Southern Cassowary chick hatched at Birdland in Bourton at the end of last year and it is was the only one to hatch in the UK in 2024. The birds, native to Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New ...

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 ...

In the heart of the Australian and New Guinea rainforests lives the cassowary, known as the world's most dangerous bird due to its size, aggression, and sharp claws. It's vital for seed dispersal ...