Blue Tongue Skinks; I'll show off some of the amazing diversity in Skinks in this weeks show! These are some of the most ...

From venomous spines to spike-covered genitalia, creatures around the world have unique features that set them apart.

A male Lampropholis isla, or Scawfell Island sun skink. Photo from Hoskin (2025) Scawfell Island sun skinks can reach about 4 ...

It's not native to Darwin, but a population of six-toothed rainbow skinks appears to be booming in the NT capital. Scientists ...

AND IS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS MORNING WE ARE LEARNING THE SCIENCE BEHIND THESE REPTILES CALLED SKINKS. WESH 2’S METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA TOOK A BREAK FROM THE WEATHER CENTER TO BRING US INTO ...

On this week’s Wild Wednesday, Great Plains Zoo Educational Director, Leigh Spencer, joined Dakota News Now to talk about the prehensile-tailed skink.

They captured the animals and, after taking a closer look, soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Scincella chengduensis, or the Chengdu ground skink. Chengdu ground skinks are considered ...

12, 2024.The skinks are found on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and face extinction because of introduced predators, habitat destruction and climate change. “Help is on the horizon for the ...

Chengdu ground skinks are considered “medium-sized,” reaching just under 4 inches in length, the study said. They have “stout” bodies with “relatively long” tails and “slender ...

On the rock tors of Central Otago, herpetologist Carey Knox scans the schist ledges for lizards. He's looking for a grand skink, or an Otago skink. Both are endangered lizard species that became ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and legal victory by the Center for Biological Diversity and reptile ecologist Renata Platenberg, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to ...