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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 ...

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Australian skinks possess a remarkable natural immunity to deadly snake venom, stemming from a genetic mutation in a critical muscle receptor. This adaptation, which prevents neurotoxins from causing ...

Australia’s Major Skink (Bellatorias frerei) has evolved the same venom resistance mutation as the honey badger (Mellivora capensis) which is found across Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian ...

Unlike many mammals and birds, most reptiles show little sign of being caring parents. But our new research shows one lizard species may be more doting parents than we thought – the adults risking ...

We'd like to welcome this curious armless burrowing lizard into the New Species Hall of Fame. Despite being built for life ...

Between the chirp of the house gecko snatching insects by the window or the flash of color on the lanai as a gold dust day gecko scurries past, lizards are commonplace around homes and yards in Hawaii ...

On some Japanese islands where lizards live, the ones that fear predators have higher body temperatures that help them run faster. By Richard Sima Masami Hasegawa was just an undergraduate student ...