Some skinks have been known to kill their babies – but one remarkable species goes to any lengths to save them.
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The Kaputar rock skink is thought to have have one of the smallest ranges of any reptile in New South Wales – at the summit of a single extinct volcano, Mount Kaputar.
The three-toed skink can give birth to live young and lay eggs in the same pregnancy. What can this little critter teach us about the evolution of live birth?
Current environment laws are manifestly failing Australian animals.
The evolution of live birth from egg-laying is no mean feat. Now new research reports on the first known example where both eggs and a live birth come from the same lizard pregnancy.
Have a look in your garden - you might be surprised at some of the native animals that thrive there when the weather's hot.
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