In Australia, Martu hunter-gatherers light fires to expose the hiding places of their prey: monitor lizards called goanna that can grow up to 6 feet long. These generations-old hunting practices, part ...
Boldness correlates with the mating success, but not body size or sex, of yellow-spotted monitor lizards roaming the remote Oombulgurri floodplains of tropical Western Australia, ecologists report in ...
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American It’s well known that monitor lizards (or ...
A picture posted on social media showing a pile of decapitated goannas has prompted claims of cruelty and calls for Indigenous hunters to respect native animals. An Aboriginal culture centre in remote ...
That’s the mystery a University of the Sunshine Coast academic has helped solve by building a dragon from scratch as part of an international research collaboration. Lecturer in Animal Ecophysiology, ...
Have you seen this giant lizard? Police say at least two art thieves stole the sculpture of Archie the goanna from a walking trail in the Southern Flinders Ranges. Police have launched an appeal to ...
The RSPCA is asking for the public to help track down the person who shot a goanna with a crossbow. (AAP) A goanna is recovering in a Queensland wildlife hospital after being shot with a crossbow. The ...