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Time to wake up to the illegal trade of sleepy lizards
![Smugglers attempt to disguise shingleback lizards as other freight to the detriment of the animals health and wellbeing.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-07/news-lizard-shingleback-1183-wa.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=EmRx2DZt)
Australian reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fuelled by international demand and the exotic pet trade.
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Scientists unearth secrets about the evolution of soil-burrowing cockroaches
![A giant burrowing cockroach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros), a species commonly bought as a pet that can reach up to eight centimetres long and weigh 30 grams. Image by Yi-Kai Tea](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-07/soil-burrowing-cockroach-Macropanesthia_rhinoceros.jpg?h=26ecbb49&itok=dnaAw6FJ)
Evolutionary biologists have assessed the phenomenon of parallelism in soil-burrowing cockroaches for the first time.
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