Let's take a closer look at what makes this brown ground snake so special, and why this little snake is a quiet but key player in nature. The rough earth snake (Haldea striatula, formerly Virginia ...

Last month Ian Jackson was righting a feed bin on Katapla Station, 240 kilometres north-east of Broken Hill in New South Wales, when an eastern brown snake sunk its fangs into his knee.

Photo shows A brown snake slithering along the ground in the bush. The NSW Poisons Information Centre has received 320 calls for suspected or confirmed snake bites between September 1 and December ...