Spider expert Emma Teni explains why funnel-web spiders are flooding backyards right now, where to find them, and what to do ...

Geoffrey Heard works for The University of Queensland on the Threatened Species Index project, a key part of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN). TERN is funded by the Australian ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

Newly identified footprints are 355 million years old Reptiles 35 million years older than previously thought Footprints are suggestive of a lithe, lizard-like reptile May 14 (Reuters) - Seventeen ...

The Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales, has recently celebrated the birth of two baby alligators. Footage from the end of March has captured the moment the pair hatched from their ...

A death adder at an Australian wildlife park found to have three fangs that all produce deadly neurotoxic venom. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Labor Party of Australia’s New South Wales state made a 2023 campaign promise to establish a Great Koala National Park to protect the iconic ...

Feb. 6 (UPI) --An Australian reptile wrangler was called to a home on a report of snake sightings and ended up leaving after three hours with 102 venomous serpents in tow. David Stein spotted what he ...

SYDNEY, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Australian scientists have discovered a bigger, more venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, one of the world's deadliest. The new funnel-web species has earned ...

SOMERSBY, Australia (CNN) - A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed into a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named ...