The thorny devil (Moloch horridus) looks like something straight out of an old Japanese monster film. Thankfully, the lizard only averages eight inches (20 centimeters) long and spends most of its ...

One of Australia’s more bizarre creatures is the thorny devil or dragon, also known as the moloch. The devil is named for the ancient god Moloch, a hideous demon smeared with the blood of child ...

How the thorny devil takes “flat out like a lizard drinking” to the extreme. One of the standard Aussie replies to somebody who asks you how hard you’re working is “flat out like a lizard drinking”.

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 scales of thorny devils are a scientific marvel; these lizards use their skin like a drinking straw. But where does the water come from that allows them to survive in Australia's driest deserts?