Around 10 years ago an entire species of a little lizard vanished from Christmas Island. The blue-tailed skink is only a few centimetres long and as you can see, has a bright blue streak down its back ...

A tiny rainbow-hued lizard which all but disappeared from the wild 10 years ago has been given the run of a brand new home — its very own tropical island off the WA coast. The skink was last spotted ...

During warmer months, I am asked many questions about lizards, especially skinks and geckos. Of the almost 6,000 living species of lizards currently recognized, the ones in these families are the most ...

Have you ever stepped outside your house and seen a lizard with a blue tail scurry across your porch? Chances are it was a five-lined skink, a reptile that spends a lot of its time around houses and ...

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Mr. Googie got us little kids really going. "Today," announced Mr. G., a Grace Church Camp counselor in Palisades Interstate Park 50 years ago, "you're going to see the blue-tailed skink! It's a ...