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"There's just a lot we don't know, and this is sort of the first step in getting a better grasp on what this biodiversity ...

Ballarat Wildlife Park has welcomed nine slithering new additions - each with enough venom to kill more than 100 people.

The bite of a baby inland taipan snake has the ability to kill more than 100 hundred people, making it the world's deadliest ...

A major fire has broken out at a sports club in Nambucca Heads on the NSW Mid North Coast. Federal police are investigating if antisemitic attacks in Australia are being funded by "overseas actors".

When discussing the world’s most venomous snakes, the Inland Taipan, or Oxyuranus microlepidotus, often takes centre stage. Known commonly as the “fierce snake” or “small-scaled snake,” it is native ...

IT'S BEEN quite the season for snake catcher Stefanie Lesser, who has caught and relocated more than 150 snakes since around September last year.

Frogs, lizards, snakes, spiders and other insect pests are being transported across the world on cut flowers and potted plants, with the potential to harm nature, according to scientists.

Stefanie Lesser is well aware she is not what some people expect when they call a professional snake catcher. The 42-year-old started her business in 2023 at Bathurst, in Central West NSW ...

If you’re curious about the snake with the highest venom potency, look no further than the inland or western taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus). This Australian native holds the esteemed title of the ...

Proteins designed using artificial intelligence (AI) can block the lethal effects of toxins delivered in the venom of cobras, adders and other deadly snakes. The AI-designed proteins could form ...