Australia is home to some of the world's most venomous snakes, making it a hotspot for herpetologists and thrill-seekers ...

While the quickest recorded death from a Sydney funnel-web spider was a toddler at 13 minutes, the average is closer to 76 ...

In Australia's Illawarra region, a ghostbusting-style night tour reveals ghost fungi, sea sparkles and tiny creatures lighting up the dark. On a slate-black night, I stare at a horizon freckled ...

More than 200 marine species off the coast of South Australia (SA) have been killed by a weeks-long toxic algae explosion, in ...

One of these species is the spotfin scorpionfish, or Neoscorpaena nielseni, a bright red fish typically found in the western Indian Ocean along the coasts of South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, ...

While terrifying, many of these toxins have also inspired research into pain relief and medicine—proving that even nature’s ...

Australians have been warned of deadly mushrooms popping up in backyards, parks and bushland as the weather becomes cooler ...