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An enormous creature — considered by some to be the "world's most dangerous bird" — shocked beachgoers in Bingil Bay in northeastern Australia as it rose from the water and shook itself off, the ...

Remember the iconic scene in Jurassic Park when doctors Sattler, Malcolm, and Grant first set eyes on a dinosaur? They see it before we do, so our first experience begins through their eyes. Grant ...

Australian people have a reputation for being hardy and fearless — after all, when you live in a country that has every kind of poisonous snake and spider known to man, not to mention the elusive ...

The Department of Environment and Science of Australia's Queensland Government said onlookers first mistook the bird for a large shark An unexpected swimmer was spotted lurking near Bingil Bay in ...

Beachgoers in Australia were shocked when an enormous bird, considered by some to be the world's most dangerous, emerged from the water on Oct. 31 and shook itself off. The bird, called a cassowary, ...

Cassowaries are massive flightless birds, second only to ostriches in weight. Standing up to 6 feet tall, they can weigh up to 160 pounds! Instead of flight feathers, they have unique, hair-like ...

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, ...

Dinosaurs, fortunately for most of us, are extinct, but we share the planet with some of their relatives, and those family members are being celebrated in Washington on Saturday at the Smithsonian ...

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