The word "dangerous" tends to flatten a lot of complexity when it gets attached to an animal. A bird earns the label, the ...
Deep in the rainforests of Australia and New Guinea lurks a creature that looks like it stepped straight out of the Jurassic period. The southern cassowary, a massive flightless bird with razor-sharp ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think of flightless birds, aggressive is probably ...
Australian authorities urge people not to feed or interact with cassowaries, which have been known to kill humans, per the WWF Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...