Despite its intimidating name, Moloch horridus—better known as the thorny devil—is actually a small desert lizard found in ...

These days, when scientists announce they've discovered a new species of animal, it's usually some miniature frog or deep sea ...

Earth is teeming with life: creatures big and small have spread and adapted to vastly different environments. Many animals ...

Police in Australia have dismantled what they believe is a smuggling ring that was attempting to export native lizards and reptiles worth more than 1.2 million Australian dollars ($800,000) to Hong ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Australian major skink (Bellatorias frerei) evolved to resist a specific component of snake neurotoxins. In the case of the ...

Australian police have arrested four people after a criminal group was discovered illegally smuggling more than 200 reptiles worth $808,000 (AU$1.2 million) from the country. The Whyaratta Strike ...

We'd like to welcome this curious armless burrowing lizard into the New Species Hall of Fame. Despite being built for life underground, in the end this slider skink was no match for scientists who had ...

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