"If you encounter a cassowary in the wild, first thing is put your hands behind your back," he says. "Be as boring as you can be, so you're not attracting that cassowary's attention. Move behind a ...

These birds can run up to 50 km/h and jump 1.5 metres high, making escape nearly impossible during an attack. The cassowary is a perfect blend of beauty and danger — a reminder that not all ...

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 ...

While a human who runs into a cassowary might feel the urge to run screaming in the opposite direction, that’s actually counterproductive. Like their cousins the emus and ostriches, cassowaries ...

take place. Held at Mission Beach in Far North Queensland, the festival is the biggest local event of the year, and the biggest of any dedicated to the cassowary in the world. This year will see ...

It's said that cassowaries are timid and typically difficult to spot. There aren't very many birds around the world that humans are afraid of but Cassowary stands out. Known as the "world's most ...

With its vivid blue face and helmet-like crest, the cassowary is a stunning sight. But beneath its beauty lies danger. Known as the world’s most dangerous bird, it lives in the tropical ...