These days, when scientists announce they've discovered a new species of animal, it's usually some miniature frog or deep sea isopod.

In the scorching savannah regions of north-eastern Queensland, scientists have declared the discovery of three never-before-seen lizard species, with .

Three striking new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards have been formally described from the savannas of northeastern ...

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 ...

Scientists have identified three new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards in the northeast of the Australian state of Queensland, marking the first formal record of such reptiles from the ...

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A scientist found a “smooth” creature with colorful orange sides “basking” in the sun on an Australian island and discovered a new species. Photo from Hoskin (2025) On an uninhabited island off the ...

In a remote region of northern Australia, an armless creature writhed deeper into the dirt and pushed itself along with its clawed toes. But something turned its world upside down, wrenching it toward ...

The chance sighting of a dead snake beside a sandy track in remote Western Australia, and the investigation of its stomach contents, has led researchers to record the first known instance of a spotted ...

The unexpected findings in the savanna country of north Queensland have changed scientists' understanding of rock monitors, but there are concerns the new species could be vulnerable to the pet trade.