In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...

A red-tailed boa constrictor on the loose in suburban Sydney was finally captured by a professional reptile wrangler -- thanks in part to the efforts of a TV news reporter.

On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a 4-foot-long creature moved through the overgrown rainforest covering the site of an abandoned village. Its orange eyes scanned its surroundings, but it wasn’t ...

Researchers discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders in northern Australia with uniquely engineered burrows, enhancing ...

On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a hawk tried to attack a “large” 4-foot-long predator but ended up becoming its prey instead. A scientist stumbled up on the scene and w ...

Tristian Frahm, who died in November 2021 after being bitten by a brown snake on a remote property near Murgon in Queensland’s South Burnett region, had moved to the area in 2020 to live with ...

Many snake lovers covet boa constrictors as exotic pets. "The boa constrictor is not native to Australia and is a high risk of establishing populations in a wide range of environments in NSW and ...

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A 4-year-old boy accidentally shot himself at his family's home, which had at least 30 snakes and a crocodile inside of it, prompting his parents' arrests, authorities said. The 39-year-old mother ...