Dragons are typically the stuff of legends and folklore. In Australia, this is not the case. The country was once a hotspot ...

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 ...

Fossils and DNA reveal how climate change is shrinking the habitat of an Australian lizard and threatening its future ...

One animal in Australia is so difficult to spot it has been named the hidden dragon lizard. The reptile, which blends perfectly into the reddish orange terrain, avoided documented sightings for years.

Animalogic explores Megalania, the largest lizard believed to have ever lived, roaming prehistoric Australia. Fossil evidence ...

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(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...