An elderly man has been left badly injured by what emergency services have described as a “cassowary attack” in North ...

The man, aged in his 70s, was left with a large leg wound after he was attacked by the large flightless bird in Carwell on ...

Attacks by the large ... Wildlife officers have released new information about a rare cassowary attack in North Queensland and issued warnings about the potential dangers the wild animals pose.

A Cardwell man in his 70s was transported to Tully Hospital in a stable condition on Friday after being attacked by an adult cassowary, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed.

Southern cassowary expert Dr Graham Lauridsen said recent floods in the area were likely to influence their behaviour. Many cassowaries were displaced from habitats and killed on roads after ...

If you try to catch or kill a cassowary, it may fight back—and could well get the better of you. They sometimes kill dogs. But let’s get this straight. Left to themselves and treated with ...

The last person known to have been killed by a cassowary was 16-year-old Phillip McLean, whose throat was punctured on his Queensland ranch in 1926. There have been plenty of close calls since ...