A fungal disease affecting Brisbane's water dragons could be a big deal for Australian reptiles, researchers say ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An endangered Australian lizard species is getting help migrating south, according to Flinders University. Researchers have ...

Australian skinks have evolved tricks to resist deadly snakebites, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Queensland. The discovery, detailed in the International Journal of ...

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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 ...

Ophidiomyces ophidiicola – commonly known as snake fungal disease. We detected it for the first time in free-ranging ...

In a remote area of Australia, an “unusual looking” creature with “reddish” hips raced along the rocky terrain. It had evaded capture for years. But determined scientists would eventually catch the ...

University of Queensland researchers say Australia's reptiles are at risk of extinction because a little understood fungus is ...