New homes for endangered skink
Climate change and habitat loss are affecting animal populations around the world and reptiles such as South Australia’s own endangered pygmy bluetongue are susceptible to higher […]
Cold-blooded facts of life
The secrets of ageing have been revealed in largest study on longevity and ageing in reptiles and amphibians published today in Science. The US-led international research […]
Lizard, snake T-cell mystery
Studies of Australian sleepy lizards have raised new questions about vertebrate immunity after researchers identified the evolutionary disappearance of genes needed for some T cell production […]
New study revises fossil discovery
An international team of scientists have debunked an earlier description of a fossil thought to be the remarkable missing link between lizards and snakes. The new […]
Baby snake in amber a golden find
Newly discovered prehistoric fossils are painting a colourful picture of the biodiversity of the former supercontinent called Gondwana. Among these discoveries are a range of invertebrates, […]