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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Gladiator star, 58, shared a photo to Twitter of a Bandy Bandy snake - after finding it on the driveway of his home in Nana Glen, north-west of Coffs Harbour Bandy-Bandy snakes, which are common ...

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 ...