The emergence of the endangered swamp skink on a large undeveloped site in Dromana has led to calls to drastically scale back ...

But when visiting scientists found the metallic-looking animal, it turned out to be a new species ... They took a closer look ...

Seven new species are getting a home at the National Aviary, and most of them aren't birds. The Carnegie Museum of Natural ...

New animals are now on display at the Milwaukee County Zoo's Aquatic & Reptile Center. A giant Pacific octopus named "Flurry" ...

These skinks, found basking in rainforest sun gaps ... Check back for the latest studies. Animals confiscated by police and ‘supergiant’ sea bugs: See the latest new species ...

The Florida Keys mole skink is one of the rarest and most mysterious of Florida natives. This small, five-inch-long lizard has shiny, armor-like scales, a pinkish-red tail and a brown body. It's a ...

In Ecuador, a group of animals that have been collected but understudied are neotropical skinks from the Mabuya genus. Hoping ...

The two rupee note that was in circulation in the 1970s had an image of a skink. The Skink Dasia halianus known as Polon Hikanala in Sinhala was an endemic creature at the time its portrait appeared ...

In the Meratus mountain range of Indonesia, researchers discovered two new species of fanged frogs, Limnonectes maanyanorum and Limnonectes nusantara. These frogs were found under the cover of ...

A critically endangered lizard on the West Coast is facing extinction because of a "mouse eruption", the Department of ...

"[Six-toothed rainbow skinks are] twice the size of the local ... But Mr Farquhar says scientists know less about cases when native animals move around the continent. "Generally, we think of ...