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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia's grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 elderly man and woman were hospitalized and their dog seriously injured in Australia after a predatory lizard attacked them Thursday in what rescuers called a "horrific and freak ordeal," local ...

Photos shared by an Australian snake catcher show a bizarre snake-like lizard that was found lurking in a hotel during a conference. Sean Cade, founder of snake removal business Australian Snake ...