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 ...

Remember the iconic scene in Jurassic Park when doctors Sattler, Malcolm, and Grant first set eyes on a dinosaur? They see it before we do, so our first experience begins through their eyes. Grant ...

Shocked onlookers saw a cassowary, the “world’s most dangerous bird,” swimming at a campground in Queensland, a video shows and officials said. Photos from Queensland Department of Environment and ...

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With legs like a velociraptor and a striking neon blue neck, the southern cassowary cuts a fearsome figure in the rainforests of northeast Australia. It is best to admire these human-sized birdies—and ...

A cassowary chick has been born at the Paignton Zoo in the United Kingdom for the first time in 21 years. Getty Images/iStockphoto A rare cassowary chick has been born in the United Kingdom. It the ...

Benjamin A. Jancovich's work is funded by the Australian government's Research Training Program. In a new study published in Ecology and Evolution, we show the limitations of one of the most common ...