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 ...

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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 ...