A scan of a Rosenberg's goanna (Varanus rosenbergi) reveals chain mail-like osteoderms and the endoskeleton in the left half of the image. Roy Ebel Roughly 20 million years ago, monitor lizards ...

Learn more about the osteoderms found in monitor lizards – a hidden bone structure that may hold an evolutionary advantage.

Scientists discover hidden bones in skin of Australian monitor lizards— What they reveal is surprising Osteoderms are not new to science. They are common in crocodiles, armadillos and even ...

Beneath the scales of Australia’s iconic monitor lizards (commonly known as goannas), scientists have discovered an unexpected secret: a hidden layer of bony skin structures known as ...

A monitor lizard, or Varanus salvator, joins the bird in front of the lens, blundering into the clearing as the bird once again shoots up its feathers and charges the lizard before darting off ...

Australian taxpayers will have to fork out more than $500 million towards cleaning up a Chevron oil field off the WA coast. In May, Chevron ended around 60 years of oil production on the operation ...

A monitor lizard, or Varanus salvator, joins the bird in front of the lens, blundering into the clearing as the bird once again shoots up its feathers and charges the lizard before darting off ...

A monitor lizard, or Varanus salvator, joins the bird in front of the lens, blundering into the clearing as the bird once again shoots up its feathers and charges the lizard before darting off ...

A monitor lizard, or Varanus salvator, joins the bird in front of the lens, blundering into the clearing as the bird once again shoots up its feathers and charges the lizard before darting off ...

Several workers experienced a near-miss on an oil rig at the Santos platform near Varanus Island in Western Australia.