Pictures of the Year International

A cassowary, considered a rainforest keystone species, and its chick forage along the edges of the Daintree rainforest in Australia's Wet Tropics. Cassowaries maintain the rainforest by eating and spreading plant seeds, especially near the edges of rainforest around cultural burns. Additional Metadata in Headline title: Cassowary and Chick with Quandong Berry, Daintree Rainforest