Standing nearly six feet tall with a dagger-tipped foot and a reputation for ferocity, the southern cassowary seems built for ...

A close call with a male cassowary and his chick has prompted urgent warnings from authorities about the dangers of feeding ...

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Three Ipima Ikaya men have been trained in technology which will hopefully capture more proof of the vulnerable bird’s presence. Pat Williams heard it before he saw it, the unique call of a cassowary.

Jax Bergersen of Kuranda Conservation urged anyone who sees a cassowary to report it. “Cassowaries are on the Kuranda Range road every day at the moment,” she said. “Please look out for them. Travel ...

With a striking blue neck, jet black plumage and bright red drooping wattles, the southern cassowary cuts an imposing figure in the dense tropical rainforests of Far North Queensland, Australia.

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Queensland conservationists say the ‘world’s only bridge for a bird’ is a template for saving a species at risk of disappearing They call it the Cassowary Coast for a reason. This unique, flightless ...