Baboons are the members of the genus Papio, found all over sub-Saharan Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula. These ...

In Central Australia, the Tjakuṟa (great desert skink, Liopholis kintorei) is a culturally important species for Tjukurpa—the ...

The deserts of the U.S. are home to some truly unique animals that thrive in harsh conditions. From elusive reptiles to ...

The Masters' snake, known to be sensitive to fire, has been found on private, unburnt land in the Victorian Mallee.

It’s a well-known fact that lizards like to bask in the sun to regulate their body temperature. But global warming is putting ...

Why desert lizards are facing their own 'cost-of-living' crisis It's a well-known fact that lizards like to bask in the sun to regulate their body temperature. Desert lizards are facing a ...

The arachnologists began conducting anatomical and genetic comparisons after discovering that unusually large male funnel-web spiders from Newcastle had arrived at the Australian Reptile Park’s ...

Producing this antidote requires a large number of captive spiders, which researchers at the Australian Reptile Park carefully “milk” for their venom. This program received a donation of one ...

One bitterly cold and bleakly grey midwinter’s day, I was walking in a north London park and came across a little animal enclosure ... wallaby in its natural Australian environment.

They found that two species, Australian thorny devils ... solved one mystery about how desert reptiles get enough water. Have you ever wondered why animals living in the desert aren’t thirsty ...

a spider enthusiast and former head of spiders at the Australian Reptile Park. "This particular spider is a lot larger, its venom glands are a lot larger and its fangs are a lot longer," he said.