During a warrant search of a home in Dora Creek, south of Newcastle, authorities found a mix of protected and dangerous wildlife. This included a coastal taipan — a species often described as ...

With spring underway and the weather warming, reptiles are on the move in suburbs, parks and scrubland across Australia.

Australia is a land of lizards and snakes. From common blue-tongues in suburban gardens to rare shovel-nosed snakes in the desert, reptiles are a defining part of the continent’s wildlife. But our new ...

Australia is home to more than 170 land and sea snake varieties, including around 100 venomous species and 12 that are likely to inflict a wound that can be fatal. In 2024-25, more than 2,100 ...

Australia's lizards and snakes are facing a far more precarious future than previously understood, with a new review led by Monash University researchers revealing that around 127 species, or just ...

Australia's Border Force says it stopped two tourists before they could allegedly carry out a plan to catch native snakes in the country and take them out of Australia. The ABF says it disrupted the ...

An Australian snake hunter discovered the second-most venomous snake in the world in a toddler’s underwear drawer. Mark Pelley, based in Melbourne, was asked to remove a 5-foot Eastern brown snake ...

An Australian domestic flight was delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was found in the plane's cargo hold, officials said on Wednesday. The snake was found on Tuesday as passengers were ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney backyard. David Stein called Reptile ...

An Australian man has died after being bitten by a highly venomous snake while trying to remove the serpent from a childcare center in an effort "to keep the children safe," local media and emergency ...