A diabetes drug made from a chemical found in the spit of a venomous lizard may be the latest weapon in the battle against obesity. Byetta has been used in the US to treat type 2 diabetes since 2005.

It is pink and grey, 2ft long and one of the only two venomous lizards ... has proved an unlikely ally in the battle to control diabetes. Scientists have isolated a chemical in its saliva which ...

A puss moth caterpillar, for example, can fire formic acid from its ... and monitor lizards are among the main predators of the bluetongue skink. Past research has given evidence that these ...

to see if it was sticky enough to ensnare the large meals these lizards munch on. And they found that the chameleons' spit was a strong enough glue to pick up prey that scientists have previously ...

“In addition to having the highest concentration of biliverdin recorded for any animal, these lizards have somehow evolved a resistance to bile pigment toxicity,” lead author Zachary ...