Cassowaries are connected to other large, flightless birds, including ostriches, tinamous, rhea, emus, and kiwis.There are 60 species in this group; all other birds belong to the much larger ...

Most strikingly, a pair of leathery looking feet, armed with a 12 centimeter talon. This is the cassowary, one of the largest and also most dangerous birds in the world. Though it looks like it walked ...

Cassowaries are massive flightless birds, second only to ostriches in weight. Standing up to 6 feet tall, they can weigh up to 160 pounds! Instead of flight feathers, they have unique, hair-like ...

Until, that is, a certain bird appears. 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 ...

The bird, called a cassowary, was spotted in Bingil Bay in northeastern Australia and was reported to the Queensland Department of Environment and Science. A visitor reported the sighting to ...

Called a cassowary, the towering, flightless bird is related and somewhat similar in appearance to an ostrich or emu, and can grow to be as tall as a human person. One of three surviving species ...

A day for the 'most dangerous bird in the world'? Yes, you read that right. September 26 has been set aside as the World Cassowary Day. The cassowary is a large and colored bird related to the emu ...