Here is some of the news, blog posts, and media releases featuring southern cassowaries that are available online. Feel free to post links to things we’ve missed in the comments section.
disclaimer: these are external sources and the crt bears no responsibilty for the accuracy of information or views expressed.
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2012
- 21/10/12 » Art Daily » Royal Ontario Museum researchers publish new theory on origin of flightless birds
- 04/10/12 » Cairns Post » Cassowary crossing leads to seven in hospital and two wrecked cars
- 11/07/12 » ABC Science » Study finds mistletoe key to landscape
- 05/07/12 » Terrain NRM » Death by a thousand cars
- 17/06/12 » ARKive Blog » ARKive’s Top Ten Dads
- 06/06/12 » Decision Point » Tracking homicidal, mango-loving jungle birds (PDF)
- 23/05/12 » ABC News » Cassowary makes a comeback (video)
- 22/05/12 » Rainforest Rescue » Rainforest Rescue saves another rainforest block
- 27/04/12 » The Cairns Post » Satellite tagging helping save cassowary populations
- 19/04/12 » The Cairns Post » Babinda residents put in good word for cassowary
- 17/04/12 » The Cairns Post » Tourist gets a painful souvenir as angry bird picks fight
- 13/04/12 » ABC PM » Yellow crazy ants threaten world heritage rainforests
- 12/04/12 » Tully Times » Keeping track of cassowaries (PDF)
- 11/04/12 » World Coin News » Coins feature rare Australian birds
- 27/03/12 » National Geographic » ‘Abriculture’ Using Forests to Feed Indigenous Peoples and Fight Climate Change
- 06/03/12 » Rainforest Rescue » People Purchasing Power Protects the Daintree Rainforest
- 10/02/12 » ABC News » Cassowary chick born at Rockhampton Zoo
- 09/02/12 » The Northern Star » Group given 48 hours to find money
- 28/01/12 » The Cairns Post » Cassowaries and sugar gliders: Yasi’s animal victims bounce back (video)
- 26/01/12 » The Daily Mail (UK) » No barrier to holidays: sun and smiles as Queensland continues its cyclone recovery
- 25/01/12 » Before it’s gone » Cassowaries say: Kiss My Yasi!
- 13/01/12 » The Sydney Morning Herald » Orphaned cassowary chick rescued
- 12/01/12 » The Cairns Post » Hope for cassowary chick’s return to the wild
2011
- 27/12/11 » Townsville Bulletin » Call for funding for Paluma National Park
- 22/12/11 » The Courier Mail » National park expansion unveiled
- 07/12/11 » The Courier Mail » Cyclone-hit wildlife returns from brink
- 24/11/11 » CSIRO » Cassowary counts on dung DNA to reveal numbers (audio)
- 14/10/11 » CSIRO » Cassowary management
- 05/10/11 » Townsville Bulletin » Birds’ slow recovery
- 27/09/11 » The Courier Mail » Conservationist stays in forest haven
- 26/09/11 » The Cairns Post » Feeding cassowaries puts them in danger
- 11/09/11 » Terrain NRM » Two more cassowary fatalities in September
- 19/08/11 » First National News » A welcome boost in cassowary country
- 18/08/11 » The Cairns Post » Cassowary alive and on the mend after road accident
- 12/08/11 » The Cairns Post » Nervous cyclone Yasi orphan Mamu the Cassowary taken in by Cairns Tropical Zoo (video)
- 29/07/11 » Townsville Bulletin » Digger helps out cassowaries
- 14/06/11 » The Courier Mail » Warning issued on biodiversity
- 12/06/11 » Bird-o » The 2010-2011 Southern Cassowary breeding cycle (Kuranda)
- 13/05/11 » The Cairns Post » Rainforest Rescue purchases Daintree lot
- 12/05/11 » Terrain NRM » Critical cassowary habitat protected
- 07/05/11 » Townsville Bulletin » Cassowaries on the hunt
- 27/04/11 » Townsville Bulletin » Motorists urged to watch out for cassowaries
- 23/04/11 » The Cairns Post » Post-cyclone Mission Beach cassowary dad feeds his chicks (video)
- 11/04/11 » The Courier Mail » Food drops for hard hit cassowaries
- 11/04/11 » The Sunday Mail » On a mission for tropical fun
- 22/02/11 » Townsville Bulletin » Farmers really need a hand, birds starving
- 19/02/11 » The Australian » Bob off with birds
- 16/02/11 » The Cairns Post » Starving cassowaries fight to survive
- 14/02/11 » The Daily Telegraph » Great work for worthy cause
- 11/02/11 » Townsville Bulletin » The fight to survive
- 11/02/11 » The Courier Mail » Fruit flown to hungry cassowaries
- 08/02/11 » Australian Geographic » Cassowaries hit hard by cyclone aftermath
- 08/02/11 » The Courier Mail » Fears for far north’s cassowaries
- 08/02/11 » The Courier Mail » Rare forest and reef stripped
- 08/02/11 » Before it’s gone » Can the cassowaries weather Yasi’s storm?
- 07/02/11 » 9 News » Cassowaries to struggle after cyclone
- 07/02/11 » Bob Irwin Wildlife » Bob Irwin’s Mission Cassowary
- 04/02/11 » The Australian » Three years’ toil torn apart but dream lives
- 03/02/11 » Townsville Bulletin » Mission Beach awash with debris
- 03/02/11 » The Courier Mail » Mission Beach cops it worse than Larry
- 27/01/11 » ABC News » Council looks to sign off on cassowary protection
- 12/01/11 » The Cairns Post » Little birds, huge hunger
- 04/01/11 » Townsville Bulletin » Go behind the scenes at Billabong Sanctuary
2010
- 26/12/10 » Townsville Bulletin » Range upgrade taking shape
- 11/11/10 » The Cairns Post » Cassowaries reunited for family day out
- 28/10/10 » National Geographic » Does rainforest bird “boom” like a dinosaur?
- 25/10/10 » ABC News » Cassowary breeding hatches more success
- 21/09/10 » The Cairns Post » Return of the prodigal cassowary chick
- 18/08/10 » The Cairns Post » Electric ants taking on cassowary
- 11/08/10 » The Cairns Post » Is North Queensland reality or pipedream?
- 04/08/10 » The BirdsNest » Cash for cassowary conservation
- 29/01/10 » The Cairns Post » Election photo captions: Jim Turnour postcards
- 26/06/10 » The Cairns Post » Cairns park for cassowaries
- 24/06/10 » The Age » Fears cassowary may vanish
- 23/06/10 » The Cairns Post » New group aims to buy cassowary habitat
- 15/06/10 » The Cairns Post » Cassowary numbers increase
- 15/06/10 » The Cairns Post » Cassowary sightings up in Kuranda
- 05/06/10 » The Cairns Post » Far North asks for help in Tuesday’s Budget
- 27/04/10 » The Birds Nest » iPhone app reveals secret life of cassowary
- 19/04/10 » Australian Geographic » iPhone app allows public to track cassowary
- 12/04/10 » Wild Discovery Guides » Help track the elusive Cassowary
- 12/04/10 » Townsville Bulletin » Driver dead after freak Mission Beach crash
- 17/03/10 » ABC News » Cassowary habitat guidelines to aid developers
- 01/03/10 » ABC News » New signs to boost cassowary protection
- 00/03/10 » Wingspan » On the trail of the cassowary (by Sean Dooley)
- 19/01/10 » The Cairns Post » Win the best holiday in the world in Cairns
- 11/01/10 » ABC The 7:30 Report » Endangered Cassowary under threat
- 08/01/10 » Townsville Bulletin » Theft eggs beach community to seek & recover
- 07/01/10 » The Cairns Post » Missing cassowary eggs’ case cracked
2009
- 12/12/09 » The Cairns Post » 10 things you didn’t know about Cairns
- 17/11/09 » The Cairns Post » Mission Beach hit-run kills cassowary
- 13/11/09 » The Cairns Post » Bob Irwin fights for cassowary
- 13/11/09 » Townsville Bulletin » Land buyback plan to save birds
- 07/11/09 » The Cairns Post » Steve Irwin’s dad joins cassowary fight
- 17/09/09 » The Cairns Post » Cops 0, cranky cassowary 1
- 15/09/09 » Townsville Bulletin » Feral pigs run riot in rainforest
- 06/08/09 » The Cairns Post » Pet ban plan to save big birds
- 23/07/09 » The Cairns Post » Rainforest birds on film
- 17/06/09 » Australian Geographic » Cassowary appeal
- 11/05/09 » The Cairns Post » Home of the cassowary, Mission Beach
- 16/04/09 » The Cairns Post » Birds of a feather… this is cassowary country
- 02/02/09 » ABC The World Today » Droppings to help with cassowary count
- 30/01/09 » ABC The 7:30 Report » Dung DNA to reveal habits of shy cassowary
- 30/01/09 » CSIRO » DNA in dung to reveal first true cassowary count
- 29/01/09 » The Telegraph » Chicken adopts baby cassowary at Australian Reptile Park
2008
- 29/11/08 » The Cairns Post » Isle plan to save cassowary
- 25/11/08 » The Cairns Post » Two cassowaries killed
- 06/10/08 » Townsville Bulletin » Hysteria over part of nature
- 28/08/08 » The Cairns Post » No worries cassowary
- 31/07/08 » Townsville Bulletin » Garrett saves rare bird
- 29/07/08 » The Cairns Post » Garrett steps in to protect cassowary
- 11/07/08 » The Cairns Post » Passion for the region
- 30/05/08 » The Cairns Post » Cassowary stars in culture and film
- 28/03/08 » Townsville Bulletin » Wildlife crossing
- 31/01/08 » ABC News » Group calls for cassowary death investigation
- 21/02/08 » ABC Science » Cassowaries still feeling cyclone pain
Older
- 11/12/07 » ABC AM » Tropical birds need emergency help against climate change
- 05/11/07 » ABC News » Agro cassowary moved from Cape Tribulation
- 27/09/07 » ABC AM » Cassowary threatened by global warming
- 27/09/07 » ABC News » Cassowary threatened by global warming (audio)
- 27/09/07 » ABC News » Global warming ‘set to threaten tropical birds’
- 20/08/06 » The Sunday Mail » Perfect place for ghost stories
- 28/06/06 » ABC News » Call for caution after cassowary death
- 23/06/06 » ABC News » Cassowary habitats mapped for protection plan
- 22/04/05 » Bartlett’s Blog » Cassowary facing extinction at Mission Beach
- 02/12/04 » ABC Science » Sensitive New Age Cassowary
- 15/12/03 » ABC News » Minister hints at more cassowary habitat
- 13/04/99 » ABC The 7:30 Report » Cassowary added to the endangered list
- 07/09/96 » New Scientist » Please beware the cassowary… (NB: full article only available to NS subscribers)
