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Surprise discovery of snake-like lizard feared extinct leaves scientists amazedResearchers found three species of skink in Australia they feared could be extinct, including the Lyon's grassland striped skink.
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Earless monitor lizards: The 'Holy Grail' of reptiles that looks like a mini dragonResearchers are only beginning to understand the cryptic lives of the earless monitor lizards of Borneo.
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Newly discovered Cretaceous sea monster named after world-ending Norse serpentPaleontologists have described a new species of mosasaur with "angry eyebrows" that lived 80 million years ago.
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Ancient Egyptian papyrus describes dozens of venomous snakes, including rare 4-fanged serpentAncient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country does today, according to a new study of a scroll.
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Last-known crocodile in Europe lived in Spain 4.5 million years ago, researchers sayA tooth unearthed in Spain and dating to the Pliocene is the latest evidence of a crocodile ever found in Europe and supports the idea crocs crossed over from Africa about 6.2 million years ago.
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Watch rare footage of huge crocodile eating baby hippo with umbilical cord still attachedA crocodile in Kenya's Mara River was filmed thrashing around with the corpse of a baby hippo in its jaws in unusual sighting. It is unclear if the crocodile killed the calf or if it snatched a stillborn.
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'This is the cost of living in seawater': The ingenious and (to us) heartbreaking way turtles survive the salty oceansIn this extract from the new book Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works, oceanographer Helen Czerski explains the ingenious way turtles contend with the extreme saltiness of the sea.
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'They mated like mad': Low-flying helicopter sparks massive crocodile orgy in AustraliaA Chinook helicopter flying above a crocodile farm in Queensland appears to have set off a huge sexy frenzy, with the crocs mistaking the noise and vibrations as a signal it was time to make babies.
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Indian crocodiles seen saving dog from feral pack attack, but scientists divided over what it meansCrocodiles appeared to rescue a dog that had been chased into a river, and scientists said this unusual behavior could indicate empathy — but others are skeptical.
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