National Zoo will celebrate World Cassowary Day on Saturday by putting on show brothers Irwin and Dundee. Cassowaries are huge flightless birds, considered dinosaur kin.

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A cassowary, a giant bird with long claws on each foot, killed its owner after he fell in the backyard of his Gainesville, ...

Why it's awesome: The southern cassowary is one of the most prehistoric-looking birds on Earth. They are often likened to a modern-day dinosaur due to their massive size, vivid colouration and ...

When you think of aggressive birds, the ostrich likely comes to mind due to the sheer size of their feet and discourse about their aggression. In fact, ostriches aren't actually all that aggressive, ...

Ostriches may be ground-bound, but their ancestors could take flight, a new study says The fearsome Australian cassowary, which cannot fly but is sometimes called "the world's most dangerous bird" ...