Welcome to the unique world of the Australian stumpy-tailed lizard! Can you imagine giving birth to a child the size of a six-year-old? Or not being able to eat or breathe properly for the last ...

An Australian lizard endures what may be the world's worst pregnancy, scientists say. Due to anatomical restrictions, pregnant stumpy-tailed lizards must hold a gut-busting infant weighing more ...

But those pale in comparison to what expectant stumpy-tailed lizards endure. Indeed, new research on the Australian reptile reveals that as the female nears full term, her life may be in danger.

Impressive is a word the shingleback (Tiliqua rugosa) deserves. Remarkably for a lizard, it can live 50 years, and it looks striking, with that stumpy tail and big lumpy scales. It’s Australia’s ...

After baffling carers and researchers for decades, we’ve finally found an answer to the sickness afflicting these iconic Aussie lizards. A NEW TYPE of virus has been found in an iconic Australian ...

Scientists have named an ancient species of giant sea lizard with "angry eyebrows" and a stumpy tail after Jörmungandr, a sea serpent from Norse mythology. The fearsome creature, Jǫrmungandr ...

Welcome to the unique world of the Australian stumpy-tailed lizard! The stumpy is one of Australia's most distinctive and abundant lizards, and is common throughout the Australian mainland.