Visitors to the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, located about 340 miles (545 kilometers) off the coast of Pernambuco in ...

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 ...

Unlike many mammals and birds, most reptiles show little sign of being caring parents. But our new research shows one lizard species may be more doting parents than we thought—the adults risking their ...

Mother Nature is capable of fashioning an incredible variety of creatures, but She’s especially adept at creating highly skilled tricksters. A handful of species employ aposematism (the use of bright ...

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A rare species of skink only seen once in Southland may be at risk of extinction. The mysterious Awakopaka skink, named after the glacier carved landscape of Fiordland, has only been spotted alive ...

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 ...