In 2010, the Christmas Island blue-tailed skink was close to disappearing from the wild. Introduced predators had swept ...

A team of researchers from Flinders University with ties to the South and Western Australian Museums has confirmed the identification of one of the largest ancient lizards ever found. In their paper ...

We live in an age of alarming extinction, in which many species are lost in large part due to human activity. At the same time, the natural world is so complex that even after centuries of research, ...

Data from 2,600 lizard species worldwide indicate that those with sticky toepads prevail. Many lizards are phenomenal climbers. Their sharp, curved claws are ideal for clinging to tree trunks, rocks, ...

(Phys.org)—An Australian lizard, the Eastern Water Skink, has dispelled a long held myth that reptiles are slow learners. Researchers studying the lizard have found they do have the ability for rapid ...

PRINCETON, N.J. — Learning can be a quick shortcut for figuring out how to do something on your own. The ability to learn from watching another individual — called social learning — is something that ...