Three striking new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards have been formally described from the savannas of northeastern Queensland, revealing a previously unrecognized evolutionary lineage. The ...

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 ...

With spring underway and the weather warming, reptiles are on the move in suburbs, parks and bushland across Australia. Snake catchers and wildlife carers are responding to calls for help, and reptile ...

When a coastal carpet python was brought into a wildlife hospital in South East Queensland in August 2024, vets were confronted with something they didn't recognize. The python had damaged scales, ...

A snake infected with a fungal disease never before seen in Australia was first detected on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in 2024. A Queensland veterinarian is researching the disease as Sunshine Coast ...

Scientists found “slender” woodland animals licking tree sap in Australia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Conrad Hoskin Perched on a shrubby tree in Australia, a “long-tailed” ...

Fossils found in north-west Queensland have given palaeontologists "direct evidence" of the behaviour of prehistoric animals in the Eromanga Sea 100 million years ago. This is one of the clearest — ...

Three new species of rock monitor lizards have been confirmed in the rocky savanna of Far North Queensland. But the reptile-obsessed scientist who co-authored the research paper describing them admits ...