We often hear people talking about venomous and poisonous animals, so you’d easily be forgiven for thinking that they mean the same thing. However, the truth is that they actually mean completely ...

An implant that makes Australian animals lethally poisonous to cats that prey on them could help save species on the verge of extinction. Cats have had a devastating impact on Australia’s ...

Australia ranks first internationally as the continent with the most venomous animals. But these highly toxic animals, whose poison can lead to paralysis and respiratory arrest within minutes ...

Since Australia’s native animals — the Greater bilby, golden bandicoot, Gilbert’s potoroo, and many others threatened by the feral cats — evolved alongside these colorful poisonous peas ...

Australia is famously full of such deadly animals - and this room at the Australian Reptile Park plays a critical part in a government antivenom programme, which saves lives on a continent where ...

Australian officials are killing millions of feral cats by airdropping frozen sausages laced with poison across the Outback. The felines die within 15 minutes of ingesting the toxic treats, which ...

An Australian family got a shocking serp-prize when they found a poisonous snake curled up among several stuffed animals on their child’s bed. Like something out of a horror movie, or someone ...

His team is studying Australia's deadliest marine animals in a bid to understand them and keep people safe. "Australia is without a doubt the most venomous continent in the world," Seymour told AFP.

Cane toads, which have poison glands, were introduced to Australia in 1935 to control cane beetles and other pests but their population exploded, and with no natural predators, they became a ...

As Seymour moves around the tanks, he points out other deadly animals, including a box jellyfish which can kill a person within 10 minutes with its poison. Stings and bites ...