The cassowary is a large flightless bird whose survival strategy is built around speed, powerful legs, and dagger-like claws.

The cassowary—Australia's six-foot-tall, 180-pound jungle bird—is a pushy, hard-pecking, head-butting, talon-swiping thug on the loose, and humans trespass in its habitat at their own risk. But on our ...

The eye of a cassowary.(Dani Daniar / EyeEm Getty) Loved by European emperors and Queensland beachgoers alike, the nationally endangered southern cassowary now has its very own day on September 26, ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) This article is part of the ' ' series, where wildlife experts dream up hypothetical battles between animals (all in the name of science). Of the giant prehistoric birds ...