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A University of Queensland-led study has found Australian skinks have evolved molecular armor to stop snake venom from shutting down their muscles. The research has been published in the International ...

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Australian skinks possess a remarkable natural immunity to deadly snake venom, stemming from a genetic mutation in a critical muscle receptor. This adaptation, which prevents neurotoxins from causing ...

Unlike any other known lizards, the great desert burrowing skink collaborates with family to build elaborate homes. SKINKS MAY NOT BE known for their family ties but a certain species uses the might ...

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 ...

May 1 (UPI) --Paleontologists in Australia have unearthed the complete skeleton of an ancient lizard, an early relative of modern blue-tongued and social skinks. Analysis of the remains -- the most ...

Hidden by the tall grass, an elusive creature crawled along the ground. The scaly animal slipped in and out of the cracks in the Australian soil, evading people so well that it was feared extinct. Not ...

For most of the animal kingdom, babies are born in one of two ways: their parent either lays eggs or gives birth to live offspring. Recently, a three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis) pulled off an ...

Miami’s got 99 problems, but a shortage of invasive reptiles ain’t one. While Burmese pythons and tegu lizards are invading South Florida’s Everglades and beyond, federal authorities say a Miami man ...