This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, ...

A former Santos employee has accused the Australian oil and gas company of covering up the extent of an oil spill he believes killed dolphins off the West Australian coast. A whistleblower has accused ...

Varanid lizards often tongue-flick in feeding and social contexts, but little is known regarding their abilities to identify a variety of prey using only chemical cues or to detect pheromones. We ...

Medicinal values linked to Varanus is posing a threat to its survival in the State. Moreover, the propaganda that Varanus meat acts as an aphrodisiac has resulted in the mass killing of the reptile.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Just days after a gas leak forced the closure of a Santos platform off the West Australian coast, the state’s safety regulator found 10 ...

The world's largest living lizard is the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), a type of "varanid" lizard. Despite the fact that Komodo dragons are very interesting and widely known, there is a lot ...

Energy minister Bill Johnston says a gas leak at a pipeline off the coast of WA’s Pilbara region, which has reduced output at the Varanus Island processing facility, will not impact the state’s gas ...

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The rupture of a 12-inch gas sales pipeline has been found to be the immediate physical cause of the explosion at the Varanus Island gas facility operated by Apache Energy Ltd, which may have ...

It has a double penis, is as long as a tall human, and lives in a heavily populated area of the Philippines. Yet somehow the giant lizard Varanus bitatawa has gone undetected by science until now.

A Florida family is afraid to use their swimming pool — and with good reason. Earlier this week, the family spotted a giant monitor lizard the size of an adult human lurking on their property. The ...

Dragons aren’t real. At least, the fire-breathing wyverns and coiling wyrms of medieval lore aren’t. Those reptilian menaces were products of superstition and pre-scientific ideas about prehistoric ...