Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned within the Antarctic Circle, separated from Tasmania by a vast rift valley ...

Dozens of false killer whales stranded on a remote beach in the Australian state of Tasmania will be euthanised after bad ...

And pretty tragically, this woman had her hands bitten off by a shark after she reportedly ‘tried to take a photo of the ...

Using genes borrowed from bacteria, researchers have demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to break down methylmercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, offering new ways ...

One of the things Australia is known for is its animals, predominantly, the deadly kind. While there are deadly animals in ...

In Port St. Lucie, it is illegal for homeowners to raise their own chickens. Katie Whelan started a petition on Change.org to ...

A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch ...

These deadly snake hotspots pose a serious threat to both humans and wildlife, making them some of the most dangerous places for an encounter ... encounter with a highly venomous serpent. Australia’s ...

It has been nearly a week since a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided in midair near Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air ...

If orcas in Australian waters have started preying on white sharks, that could have implications for populations of the animals sharks normally eat. "Evidence suggests that the white sharks being ...

What’s the world’s most dangerous animal? That’s a question asked by many people; very few seem to specify what they mean by “dangerous”. This paper introduces a new rating system I created – the ...