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Ancient fossil fills a 75 million-year gap and rewrites lizard and snake history

Australia is famous for its many lizards and snakes, but where do they all come from? Flinders University researcher Alessandro Palci explains.

Did snakes evolve from ancient sea serpents?

One of the enduring controversies in evolution is why snakes evolved their long, limbless bodies.

A sonar image of the ‘Nessie’ found 180 metres deep in Loch Ness. Kongsberg Maritime

Why are we still searching for the Loch Ness monster?

People are fascinated by the unknown, by the possibility that there are things out there that are yet to be discovered.