An endangered reptile which had gone unnoticed for decades is one of the rarest reptiles in all of Australia. According to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The lizards have complicated a rule of thumb that in evolution, once you lose a body part, you don’t regain it. By Veronique Greenwood In the rainforest in the Philippines, scientists laid out a tiny ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large skink resting on a piece of wood. Credit: I Wayan Sumatika / Shutterstock. (A large skink resting on a piece of wood.

Not found anywhere else on Earth, a skink considered functionally extinct has been found in a national park in far west NSW.

A University of Queensland-led study has found Australian skinks have evolved molecular armour to stop snake venom from shutting down their muscles. Professor Bryan Fry from UQ’s School of the ...

Families of reptilian master builders are working together to construct elaborate systems of tunnels in the central Australian desert, the first example of cooperative behaviour in reptiles, according ...