Australia is home to some of the most venomous snakes ever discovered, from lightning-fast death adders and highly defensive eastern brown snakes to the legendary inland taipan—the most venomous snake ...

A viral video shows an Australian woman calmly removing two large pythons from her ceiling. While snakes seeking shelter in homes is common in Australia, experts advise against handling them due to ...

Australia’s landscapes are full of beauty, but they’re also home to animals with reputations few places can match. Some carry venom strong enough to shut down the body before help arrives, and others ...

Imagine feeling like an elephant is sitting on your chest, you can't breathe, there's a sense of impending doom and the pain is so intense you want to die. You've just been stung by a tiny Irukandji ...

Editor's note: This story contains images and video that may be disturbing to some readers. After existing efforts to save the aquatic animals, Australian authorities are euthanizing 90 beached whales ...

A look at the perentie, Australia's largest monitor lizard, and the thermoregulation, habitat use, and predator pressures ...