lizard Archives

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Bearded dragons switch colour to match surroundings

New research has shed light on how bearded dragons evolved to change colour.

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Glowing geckos show farmers the way to protecting biodiversity

New research tracking glow-in-the-dark geckos has shown that isolated trees and the right crop direction could help improve biodiversity in agricultural landscapes.

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Colourful ancient gecko discovered in Australian desert

A ‘relic’ gecko species with no close living relatives has been found in Central Australia.

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World’s first lizard nidovirus found in Aussie bobtails

After baffling carers and researchers for decades, we’ve finally found an answer to the sickness afflicting these iconic Aussie lizards.

Dr Karl: Need to Know

The thorny devil lizard’s drinking habits

How the thorny devil takes “flat out like a lizard drinking” to the extreme.

Reader Photos

Posing in the sun

A crested bicycle dragon stops running just long enough to have its portrait taken.

Reader Photos

Due to a lack of eyelids, geckos use their tongues like windscreen wipers to keep their eyes clean. The red dots around the eye of this southern leaf-tailed gecko (Saltuarius swaini) are red mites and are harmless in small numbers.