While many assume the world’s most venomous creatures come from Australia, the title of the most venomous lizard actually belongs to the Gila monster of North America. This striking desert reptile ...

Greater short-horned lizards shoot blood from their eyes - proving you really are what you eat, in the grossest way possible.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Australian major skink (Bellatorias frerei) evolved to resist a specific component of snake neurotoxins. In the case of the ...

Australian skinks have evolved tricks to resist deadly snakebites, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Queensland. The discovery, detailed in the International Journal of ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the arid plains and rocky deserts of North America, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles ...

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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