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

A viral Instagram video showcases a teacher's compassionate response to a student with a simple roti and sugar lunch. Instead of judgment, she offered warmth and encouragement, ensuring the child felt ...

For most of the animal kingdom, babies are born in one of two ways: their parent either lays eggs or gives birth to live offspring. Recently, a three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis) pulled off an ...

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

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 ...

The five-lined skink is the only native New Jersey lizard that is found throughout the state. (Two others, the brown skink and fence lizard, are found only in the southern part of the state.) In North ...

The guthega skink only lives at high elevations and spends months hibernating under the snow Courtesy of Zoos Victoria A rare lizard species' population is on the rise! The guthega skinks of Victoria, ...

The new species has only been seen three times in the mountains of central Papua New Guinea, researchers said. Photo by Stephen Richards In the mountains of Papua New Guinea, researchers encountered a ...

Florida Keys mole skinks burrow down into the sand. They are found mainly in the Dry Tortugas and the Lower Keys. Jake Scott Center for Biological Diversity A small, shiny, brown lizard with a bright ...

This little critter is posing on the fingers of a 4-year-old girl. While helping dig sweet potatoes, she noticed it wiggling in the overturned straw and fresh dirt. She recognized that it was a skink ...