Why it's awesome: Thorny devils are native to Australia and live in the country's arid scrubland and interior desert. These small lizards grow to 8 inches (20 centimeters) long and have evolved an ...

It’s well-known that certain types of microbes can survive extreme environmental conditions. It turns out that some animals can, too. In their current paper in the Journal of Experimental Biology, ...

The tiny lizard, who weighs just 30g, was left in a box at the Animal Welfare League’s Wingfield shelter on Sunday, a long way from his more common home in the desert of the state’s Far North and ...

A unique kind of lizard known as the thorny devil, or also called the thorny dragon, is able to live in intensely dry and arid environments because of an innate ability to draw water from the sand ...

This week’s reader photo of a Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) mid lunch break was captured by David among the spinifex of The Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia. Chomping down on a diet solely ...

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The tiny lizard, who weighs just 30g, was left in a box at the Animal Welfare League’s Wingfield shelter on Sunday, a long way from his more common home in the desert of the state’s Far North and ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from National. Followed categories will be added to My News. The tiny lizard, who weighs just 30g, was left in a box at the Animal Welfare League’s Wingfield shelter on ...