A young boy’s brush with a highly venomous animal has prompted authorities to issue an urgent warning for a popular swimming spot.
Liam Beatty
A man has been charged after police found 26 snakes inside his car. While some were dead and decomposing, more than a dozen were alive.
Tess McCracken
A snake catcher has warned of the common mistake bird owners make after two budgies were eaten by a carpet python.
Grace Baldwin
A teenage girl has been rushed to hospital after she was bitten “multiple” times by a snake.
Nathan Schmidt
A 13-year-old girl has been attacked by a shark at a popular Australian beach.
The family of a 40-year-old man have developed a specific phobia after he was fatally mauled while trying to save a woman and child from a vicious dog attack.
Adelaide Lang
A woman has broken down in tears as she described the last moments before her ex was fatally mauled while rescuing her and her child from a vicious dog attack.
A ‘very, very ferocious’ dog mauled a real estate agent only 18 months before it fatally attacked a man who bravely defended the lives of a woman and a child.
A concerned resident has urged beachgoers to help, as experts say action is unlikely to “make a big dent” on the issue.
Clareese Packer
A man saved the lives of a woman and a child when he intervened in an attack by two dogs that then turned on him, an inquest has been told.
The possibility of a new pandemic has been raised after a disturbing discovery on the remote Antarctica continent.
Madeleine Achenza
Sydney residents have been warned a deadly spider could be burrowing in their homes and backyards, as numbers spike in the humid weather.
The woman is believed to have been attacked by a tiger shark while swimming off the beach.
NCA Newswire
A family dog that fatally attacked a five-week-old baby boy had attacked the neighbour’s dog just weeks earlier, an inquest into his death has heard.
A 2.3-metre crocodile has been removed from a recreation area near Cairns as part of an ongoing program to remove animals bigger than two metres.
Keira Jenkins
The world's largest purpose-built platypus conservation centre has opened at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, providing a refuge for up to 65 wild animals.
Samantha Lock
A young girl has been flown to hospital after she was bitten by a snake at home in the North Burnett Region.
The friend of an aged care worker who survived a violent dog attack at one of her clients homes has shared a major update on her condition.
A spike in Ross River virus has been detected in one state, leaving authorities concerned infection rates will increase in the coming months.
Aisling Brennan
It’s the last thing US authorities thought they’d be dealing with but when a concerned woman called about seeing a kangaroo by her pool, police jumped into action.
A New Zealand sea lion has given birth after a 60-kilometre odyssey up New Zealand's Clutha River.
Ben McKay
A woman has suffered serious injuries to her chest and limbs after a staffy dog attacked her at home.
Madeleine Achenza and Grace Baldwin
NSW Ambulance has apologised after a staff member leaked a graphic image of a shark attack victim’s severe injuries.
A woman who was mauled by a shark steps away from her home has broken her silence.
Lauren Ferri
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