Hidden among the red sandstone escarpments of Mutawintji National Park in western New South Wales lives a rare lizard, long ...

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 ...

An endangered reptile which had gone unnoticed for decades is one of the rarest reptiles in all of Australia. According to ...

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 ...

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

Not found anywhere else on Earth, a skink considered functionally extinct has been found in a national park in far west NSW.

Australia’s major skink (Bellatorias frerei) has evolved to combat snake venom with the same mutation found in honey badgers, according to a new study. Scott Eiper Australian skinks have evolved ...