(CNN) — 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 ...

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 isopod.

Australia's grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous challenge in the years ahead: avoiding extinction. As recently ...

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

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hotter temperatures are messing with the gender of Australia’s bearded dragon lizards, a new study finds. Dragons that are genetically male hatch as females and give birth to other ...

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 ...