An elderly man has been left badly injured by what emergency services have described as a “cassowary attack” in North ...

The dark shape moving through the water was a cassowary, a large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia known for its territorial and "dangerous" behavior, per the Department of ...

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 ...

Picture: Supplied A QAS spokeswoman said the man had suffered a nasty wound to the leg, presumably from the cassowary’s talon. “One stable patient with a leg injury has been transported to ...