John Long/The ConversationThe emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans.Our new discovery, published today in Nature, ...

Australian biologists have bred and released genetically modified Guthega skinks — a type of small lizard — into an ... on the endangered species list. The latter has better genetic health ...

Monitor lizards are a genus of large lizards found in Africa, Southern Asia, and Australia. There are 80 recognized species of monitor lizards, including the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor ...

46, No. 6 (Nov., 1999), pp. 367-372 (6 pages) Two potential mechanisms for reducing the level of inbreeding, sex-biased dispersal and kin avoidance, were examined in the Australian sleepy lizard, ...