Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

(CN) — Long before humans domesticated chickens, they had tamed the much larger and dangerous cassowary bird, according to new research released Monday. "This behavior that we are seeing is coming ...

As early as 18,000 years ago, humans in New Guinea may have collected cassowary eggs near maturity and then raised the birds to adulthood, according to an international team of scientists, who used ...

Secret cameras captured rare footage of a southern cassowary laying eggs at the Edinburgh Zoo for the first time in 27 years. Cassowaries are flightless birds, related to emus and ostriches, with a ...

When you think of people raising birds, you may think of harmless chickens and probably not an animal that could kill you in an instant. But apparently a ferocious bird known as a cassowary was one of ...

The southern cassowary is often called the world’s most dangerous bird. While shy and secretive in the forests of its native New Guinea and Northern Australia, it can be aggressive in captivity. In ...

The earliest bird reared by humans may have been a cassowary — often called the world’s most dangerous bird because of its long, dagger-like toe. Territorial, aggressive and often compared to a ...

The ancient birds were bred and consumed by humans 18,000 years ago according to a new study. Alamy Stock Photo These ferocious, flightless fowl were once both pets and food to people. Appearing more ...

An auction house in Florida is reportedly fulfilling the final wishes of an exotic animal collector by selling off his menagerie of about 100 animals, including the one with knife-like talons that ...

As early as 18,000 years ago, humans in New Guinea may have collected cassowary eggs near maturity and then raised the birds to adulthood, according to an international team of scientists, who used ...