These large, flightless birds have powerful, muscular legs and tough, prehistoric-looking feet with claws that can deliver a powerful blow.

Australian authorities urge people not to feed or interact with cassowaries, which have been known to kill humans, per the ...

Animal experts said the two cassowaries were a parent child pair, too, a father and son who had been “habituated” – that is ...

Jet black, hair-like feathers. Vivid blue heads adorned with a spongy crest. Most strikingly, a pair of leathery looking feet, armed with a 12 centimeter talon. This is the cassowary, one of the ...

A security camera outside a home in Australia captured a family’s “close encounter” with the “world’s most dangerous bird.” ...

Cassowaries are massive flightless birds, second only to ostriches in weight. Standing up to 6 feet tall, they can weigh up to 160 pounds! Instead of flight feathers, they have unique, hair-like ...

The video shows the mother and child approaching the door of a residence when two cassowaries suddenly appear behind them.

The bird, called a cassowary, ... New Guinea and surrounding islands, according to the Library of Congress, and can stand as high as six feet and weigh up to 160 pounds.

That’s because the southern cassowary, for all its fearsome reputation, is powerfully shy, and remarkably good at making itself scarce. Despite standing six feet tall, the birds have been known ...

One of the cassowary's most prehistoric-looking features is its feet. Each foot has three toes, with the inner toe bearing a dagger-like claw that can grow up to 5 inches (12 centimeters) long.