Despite its intimidating name, Moloch horridus, better known as the thorny devil, is actually a small desert lizard found in ...

One animal in Australia is so difficult to spot it has been named the hidden dragon lizard. The reptile, which blends perfectly into the reddish orange terrain, avoided documented sightings for years.

There’s a strange phenomenon that triggers a “stargazing” posture in reptiles. If you’ve ever seen this behavior in your own ...

STRATFORD -- Children got an unconventional geography lesson Thursday from a lizard and reptile expert who brought a world of "living dragons" to the Lovell Room of the Stratford Library. Brian ...

SAN ANTONIO — A Komodo dragon and two other reptiles died Monday at the San Antonio Zoo after a fire broke out in the reptile enclosure, authorities said. The fire started when a hot mat, which the ...

Brain sleep appeared early in vertebrate evolution. Researchers describe the existence of REM and slow-wave sleep in the Australian dragon, with many common features with mammalian sleep: a phase ...

Many groups of animals, from humans to dinosaurs to kangaroos, have evolved the ability to stand and walk on two legs. In all of these cases, the move from four legs to two has provided clear ...