From the sun's rays to snake bites,hot weather poses a host of dangers to your pets.
How Ric Longmore survived a bite by a deadly tiger snake and devoted his life to promoting their good treatment.
Hundreds of people have flocked to the National Botanic Gardens to meet their slithery reptilian neighbours.
Three people have been bitten by snakes in Queensland in less than six hours overnight,with the state experiencing a surge in bites.
International students got a big shock when they found a thick python in their toilet.
On an extremely hot January night,a man heard a thudding noise in his bedroom. Soon after,he woke to the sound of his partner gurgling,and a live tiger snake sitting in the doorway.
A juvenile python crawled into a toilet roll at a family home.
Many people living in Queensland's capital may assume they're far away from a dangerous snake encounter,but the numbers suggest they're more likely than their country cousins to suffer a snakebite.
Snake catcher Luke Dunn was called out to Old Parliament House late on Sunday night to retrieve the non-venomous carpet python.
It's the first time a venomous snake has been spotted in the urban heart of the city
Janice Terrill was sound asleep last week in her home south of Mackay when she felt a"prick"on her upper arm.