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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A southern cassowary stands on a beach at Etty Bay in Queensland, Australia. These endangered birds can live up to 50 years.

Generally speaking, birds don’t rank high on nature’s “most threatening animals” list. But that doesn’t mean they’re completely harmless. Here are a few bird species that even humans need to watch out ...

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the bird’s survival. A southern cassowary stands on a beach at Etty Bay in ...