For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – ...

Florida Keys mole skink. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Eight species of skink — a Caribbean lizard that is quickly disappearing — will be finally evaluated for protection under ...

Hidden by the tall grass, an elusive creature crawled along the ground. The scaly animal slipped in and out of the cracks in the Australian soil, evading people so well that it was feared extinct. Not ...

A rare—and potentially new—species of skink has unwittingly been discovered by a cat just looking for a quick snack. The cat dragged the lizard into its owners' home in Taranaki, New Zealand. After ...

Skinks are lizards — lesser-known relatives of the familiar green anoles so common here in the Lowcountry. As a group, skinks (family Scincidae) are among the most widespread of all lizards, found on ...

Nature expresses itself most vividly through colour, and lizards are among one of its most striking artists. From electric ...

The largest zoo in Georgia is working hard to help conserve one of the world's rarest lizard species. Zoo Atlanta sent 11 endangered Guatemalan beaded lizards (Heloderma charlesbogerti) to La Aurora ...

In the mountains of Papua New Guinea, researchers encountered a clownish creature perched on a log in a fern meadow, basking in the sun. With its short, blunt snout and unique checkerboard pattern, ...