Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If Australia is renowned for one thing, it's the proportion of highly dangerous animals that populate the continent. The three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia is the most notorious country on Earth for deadly wildlife. The red continent is thick with venomous snakes and spiders, ...

Chris travels to Rottnest Island in search of one of Australia’s most recognizable little marsupials — the quokka. The island ...

Bird flu has quickly spread around Australia since it was first detected in mid-June. As predicted, it spread from Antarctica to offshore Australia and then from beaches to inland waterways. As of ...

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 ...

Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected seven seabirds. There are currently five confirmed or suspected cases of ...

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 ...

Researchers have discovered that spider webs serve as fascinating collectors of genetic material from nearby vertebrates. In ...

The animals in Australia are super-different to those in Asia. This goes without saying; we know Australia is full of weird and wonderful creatures found nowhere else on Earth, such as the platypus ...

The stonefish is the world’s most venomous fish – Copyright AFP Shwan MOHAMMED Imagine feeling like an elephant is sitting on your chest, you can’t breathe ...