With dagger-like claws and explosive kicks, the cassowary has earned a reputation as the world’s most dangerous bird. But is ...

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 headpiece, ...

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 ...

The cassowary is a large flightless bird whose survival strategy is built around speed, powerful legs, and dagger-like claws. Its defensive kick is capable of causing fatal injuries, yet documented ...

A Florida man was killed Friday after he fell in his backyard and was killed by his pet cassowary, a large flightless bird with sharp talons. Marvin Hajos, 75, called 911 after apparently falling and ...