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A rare—and potentially new—species of skink has unwittingly been discovered by a cat just looking for a quick snack. The cat dragged the lizard into its owners' home in Taranaki, New Zealand. After ...

(The Hill) — Rare female lizards that reside around Colorado’s Fort Carson Army base are “stress eating” to cope with military aircraft fly-over noise, a new study has found. These uncommon reptiles, ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Six-foot predatory lizards normally found along the Nile River in Africa have set up shop in South Florida — and Palm Beach County canals are a hot spot. Nile monitors, which ...

The five-lined skink, the only lizard native to Vermont, was recently spotted in a rare sighting by The Nature Conservancy in Vermont team. Seeing a lizard on the trail might not seem too exciting to ...