Australia is known for its rare and interesting critters. Some can be frightening and venomous, while others are intimidating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Australian major skink (Bellatorias frerei) evolved to resist a specific component of snake neurotoxins. In the case of the ...

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By Megan Strauss Researchers have described a new-to-science species of skink that may be one of Australia’s most threatened ...

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

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 ...

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

Lizards, like birds and insects, are found in almost every environment in Australia – from the coasts, to the rainforests, from arid areas to our bustling urban environments and, if we are lucky ...

Many of the giant marsupials and birds that roamed ancient Australia had vanished by 40,000 years ago. While the duration and drivers of these extinctions remain debated, fossils clearly show the ...

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