A sighting of an endangered Bandy Bandy snake was confirmed in north-east Victoria A separate discovery of a Bandy Bandy in Bright last year expanded the snake's known distribution across the region ...

Scientists have stumbled upon a previously undiscovered species of venomous snake, but warned it could already be at risk of extinction. The new subspecies of bandy-bandy, a family of burrowing snakes ...

Scientists searching for sea snakes never expected to stumble across this find. In a chance discovery, a team of biologists were returning from a sea snake research mission when they found a new ...

Some of the creatures discovered this year were sought by researchers ─ on missions to make historical finds in the depths of the ocean or deep in a cave ─ while others were an unexpected surprise. A ...

Australia is renowned for its array of deadly creatures, but the latest one to be discovered could already be facing extinction. The sight of a Sydney funnel-web spider is enough to spread fear ...

Cockatours guide and ecologist Brian Ross received confirmation this week that a black and white striped snake he found with a tour group near Bamaga in August was, in fact, the newest species of ...

03:50, Thu, Jul 19, 2018 Updated: 03:54, Thu, Jul 19, 2018 The surprise finding was made by associate professor Bryan Fry from the University of Queensland near the town of Weipa on the west coast of ...

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While researching sea snakes in the mining town of Weipa in Australia’s remote Cape York Peninsula, a team of biologists chanced upon a black and white snake that’s new to science. The venomous snake, ...

In a chance discovery, a team of biologists were returning from a sea snake research mission when they found a new venomous species for Australia. The team, led The University of Queensland’s ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Animals. Followed categories will be added to My News. In a chance discovery, a team of biologists were returning from a sea snake research mission when they found ...