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Australian police seized a £600,000 haul of native lizards from a crime syndicate illegally smuggling hundreds of reptiles to Hong Kong. Each lizard could fetch as much as Aus $5,000 (£2,630) on the ...

There are big lizards and small skinks, some geckos are fast while others are so slow they hardly move in a day. Resourceful and adaptable, Australia’s reptiles have diversified to live in ancient ...

It was the last thing a group of international visitors expected to see 1,000km from the shoreline. Find out more.

Jameson compared the scavenging activity of different animals by leaving dead rats at feeding stations, with camera traps, across the landscape. Giant lizards called heath goannas could save ...

Monitor lizards are a genus of large lizards found in Africa, Southern Asia, and Australia. There are 80 recognized species of monitor lizards, including the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor, and ...

A cargo company opened a package and found lizards in the process of being smuggled out of Australia, police said. A 19-year-old man was arrested. Photo from the Australian Border Force Border ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday. Perentie lizards, or Varanus giganteus, are ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Millions of years of evolution have taught some reptiles the ...

Some lizards have evolved to be resistant to the venom of snakes, entering into a sort of evolutionary arms race with their limbless cousins. A family of lizards known as varanids has evolved ...

In a remote region of northern Australia, an armless creature writhed deeper into the dirt and pushed itself along with its clawed toes. But something turned its world upside down, wrenching it toward ...

Scientists found an armless creature with clawed toes burrowing in a remote area of Queensland, Australia, and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from @scottmacor's Instagram In a ...