Hiding beneath scrap metal and abandoned cars in the Australian desert, you can find an ordinary-looking species of gecko that has an extraordinary biological trait: they don’t have sex. Forget ...

A new species of lizard has been discovered in mountains and ranges in the Central Australian desert. The Liopholis aputja is deeply genetically divergent from its most closely related lizard ...

Scientists have worked alongside Aboriginal traditional owners to discover an "exciting" new species of lizard in the Central ...

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 ...

A new species of rock skink has been discovered in central Australia by Monash University researchers. Characterized by its orange, pointed snout, the Central Ranges rock skink, or Liopholis ...

Researchers from Monash University headed into an Aboriginal region of South Australia in 2023 to search for wildlife, the university said in a Nov. 15 news release. The team suspected some lizards ...

An Australian-based criminal syndicate plotted to smuggle hundreds of native reptiles into Hong Kong as part of a murky trade in live animals, police alleged Monday. Detectives began investigating ...