These wildly divergent skinks are giving biologists the chance to study the very basics of evolution. They have all evolved within the last 20 million years, allowing researchers to track how the ...

With its short, blunt snout and unique checkerboard pattern, this scaly creature — a skink — wasn’t like the other 35 related species that call the mountains home. The skink earned its name ...

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 ...

Skinks are lizards — lesser-known relatives of the familiar green anoles so common here in the Lowcountry. As a group, skinks (family Scincidae) are among the most widespread of all lizards ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Around 1,500 of the living lizard species on Earth fall into the ...

As a group, skinks (family Scincidae) are among the most widespread of all lizards, found on every continent except Antarctica. Worldwide there are over 1,500 species, including six in South Carolina.

Bones of the prehistoric beast – the biggest skink ever discovered – were uncovered in the Wellington Caves, in the NSW Dubbo region, by researchers from Flinders University, ABC News reported.

A rare lizard thought to be extinct for more than 40 years has been found by a team of Queensland scientists in the small rural town about 300km inland from Cairns.