It’s not just Australia’s animals that can be deadly, there are plenty of dangerous plants too.
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From stingers to swans, Australia’s oceans are full of (potentially) deadly wildlife.
Despite a fearsome reputation, it seems Australia’s wildlife doesn’t scare away tourists.
Your guide to the cocktail of deadly chemicals in animal venom.
There’s a simple reason why Australia isn’t the most lethal nation in the world.
Only two Australian spiders can kill you, but the rest are a pretty fascinating bunch.
There are more than 45,000 species of spider, but only a handful are potentially dangerous to humans.
Most people avoid venomous creatures, but they can also teach us a lot about chemical reactions that take place outside of the body - or exochemistry.
Autumn is the time when people typically notice spiders in their houses and there is usually an increase in the number of media stories suggesting that spiders – particularly the false widow spider – may…
Cone snails can rapidly switch between venoms depending on whether they are hunting or defending themselves, a study has…
Australia is world famous for its venomous critters, including its many highly venomous snakes. The snake that holds the popular title of “world’s most venomous” is the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus…
Compounds in scorpion venoms that cause numbness could be useful for treating pain. The full diversity of Australian scorpion…
New research has revealed that venom can be stored for up to 80 years without losing any of its biological properties. Researchers…
Physiological, molecular and fossil evidence suggests that ancestors of both platypuses and echidnas were venomous. Male…
Australian tarantula venom has been found to be more potent against certain insect pests than existing man made chemical…
Vampire bat venom could be the new ingredient in drugs to treat stroke and high blood pressure. A team of researchers have…
The lethal beaked sea snake (Enhydrina shistosa) is actually two species of identical-looking snakes which have evolved separately…
One of the world’s most poisonous snakes might hold the key to new pain therapies in its venom. As ironic as that sounds, a protein component in black mamba venom called “mambalgin” has been shown – in…
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Professor & Head of Section at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark
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Research Fellow and Co-head, Australian Venom Research Unit, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape
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Research Manager, Melbourne Clinical And Translational Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Research Scientist, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Zoology, Bangor University
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Toxinologist; Senior Research Fellow, Australian Venom Research Unit, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Research Affiliate, Discipline of History, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director for the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine, University of Sydney
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Head, Charles Campbell Toxinology Centre at the University of Papua New Guinea & Australian Venom Research Unit, The University of Melbourne
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