Experts are urging caution after a cassowary exhibiting "bold behaviour" slashed a man's leg in a backyard confrontation.

It’s believed the endangered bird was drawn to one particular street in the Far North Queensland town of Cardwell after it found a readily available supply of fresh fruit. What’s uncertain is ...

A rogue cassowary believed responsible for a rare attack on a human in North Queensland has been captured on camera.

It’s believed the endangered bird was drawn to one particular street in the Far North Queensland town of Cardwell after it found a readily available supply of fresh fruit. What’s uncertain is ...

Held at Mission Beach in Far North Queensland, the festival is the biggest ... home to many southern cassowaries, the largest bird in Australia and second in the world only to the ostrich.

A man in his 70s has been hospitalised after being attacked in his own backyard ... fearsome birds. A Cardwell man in his 70s was transported to Tully Hospital in a stable condition on Friday after ...

A rogue cassowary believed responsible for a rare attack on an elderly man in North Queensland has ... that the victim was in his backyard with his back to the bird when the cassowary approached ...