A new study reveals hidden bone structures that may hold the key to the evolutionary success of goannas in Australia.

Scientists have discovered that monitor lizards, including Australian goannas, possess hidden bony plates called osteoderms, a feature previously associated with dinosaurs like Stegosaurus. Using ...

Ecologist Kristoffer Wild spent a year in the Australian outback fitting bearded dragons with hand-sewn jackets with GPS ...

New research that monitored the behavior of Australian central bearded dragons via tiny fitness trackers has revealed a surprising twist—the fastest lizards were more likely to die than the slower ...

The surprising find comes off the back of a year-long study where the lizards were studied in their natural environment and ...

All life, including of course human life, is part of the network of ecological systems that we call nature and depends on it for survival. In primitive times, humans lived on the animals they could ...

This view inside some of the most precious and rare museum specimens on Earth is helping scientists to better understand the story of life — and it's all done without a scalpel in sight.

The American Philosophical Society honors Gilles Laurent with the 2025 Karl Spencer Lashley Award. Laurent is recognized for ...