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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Cassowary casques act as thermal windows. Aug 17, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Cassowary casques act as thermal windows. Apr 21, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Cassowary casques act as thermal windows. Dec 06, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Ecology and Evolution - The phylogenetic significance of the morphology of the syrinx, hyoid and larynx, of the southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius (Aves, Palaeognathae). May 16, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN - The only animal Australians are afraid of? A bird. Here’s why. Mar 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference - Caring for Cassowaries in Post-Cyclone Times (PDF). Jan 17, 2025
Add new Web site: Wet Tropics Management Authority - Cassowaries (PDF). Dec 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute - Southern cassowary. Oct 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - Cassowary casques act as thermal windows. Sep 14, 2024
Add new Web site: LibGuides at International Environment Library Consortium - Cassowary (Casuarius spp.) Fact Sheet: Summary. Feb 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Cassowary. Nov 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Everyday Mysteries - What is the world's most dangerous bird? Jul 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Structure and function of the cassowary's casque and its implications for cassowary history, biology and evolution. May 23, 2023
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Cassowary. Dec 20, 2022
Corrected display issue. Apr 16, 2019
Text added noting the existence and the habitat of the dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti) and the northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus). Jun 06, 2016
Noted that the cassowary can sprint as fast as 50 km (31 miles) per hour. Jun 06, 2016
Added video. Oct 29, 2015
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals - Cassowary. Dec 16, 2013
Add new Web site: Creagrus - Cassowaries Casuariidae. Nov 09, 2011
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Casuariidae. Nov 09, 2011
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Casuariidae. Nov 09, 2011
Add new Web site: Chakoro Nature Reserve - The Cassowary. Oct 08, 2010
Added image of southern cassowary. Jun 16, 2010
Added new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals - Cassowary. Aug 18, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Cassowary. May 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Cassowary. Feb 27, 2008
Added new Web site: Wet Tropics Management Authority - Cassowary. Jul 31, 2007
Added new Web site: Department of the Environment and Water Resources of Australian Government - Southern Cassowary. Jul 31, 2007
Article revised. Feb 16, 2001
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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