Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Massive lizards could be used to guard sheep from being munched on by blowflies. These huge reptiles, known as heath ...

Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on the continent. Their lineage not only survived the mass extinction that ended the reign of non-avian ...

Home to 1,000 species of reptiles, Australia has the distinction of representing a 10th of all diversity in the world. With the discovery of a new goanna lizard species, the Land Down Under just broke ...