A family in Australia received an unwelcome home visitor last week: an eastern brown snake, one of the most dangerous serpents in the world. The highly venomous snake was found curled up in the ...

A professional snake catcher removed the eastern brown snake from a vehicle in Brisbane, Australia Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A family received a nasty shock over the weekend after spotting a deadly and highly venomous snake hiding in a rain boot.

An Australian man has died after being bitten by a highly venomous snake while trying to remove the serpent from a childcare center in an effort "to keep the children safe," local media and emergency ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A snake catcher has rescued an eastern brown snake considered the second-most venomous in the world from under a kayak in ...

An Australian snake hunter discovered the second-most venomous snake in the world in a toddler’s underwear drawer. Mark Pelley, based in Melbourne, was asked to remove a 5-foot Eastern brown snake ...

An Australian woman was pouring herself a steaming cup of tea when she saw two beady eyes peering out of the drain in her kitchen sink. The shocked woman immediately knew it was a snake. And though it ...

Narellan Snake Catchers in Australia relocated the eastern brown snake from the Sydney home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...

Australia's "king brown snake" is often a mulga, a massive reptile reaching up to 3 meters. These snakes possess a ...

A 2-year-old child in Sydney, Australia, chased a deadly snake in their front yard. It led to the discovery of 110 eggs, belonging to the world's second-most venomous snake species. The venom of ...

The island of Guam has a snake problem. Though innocuous enough in appearance – slender with brownish or greenish coloration and large eyes – brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) have single-handedly ...