As concrete displaces the wild, a scientist couple is using citizen science and ‘lizard campaigns’ to prove that Mumbai’s scaly residents are vital cogs in the city’s survival ...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — The construction of a new fire station in Osceola County was delayed for over a year due to the presence of the protected sand skink species. Osceola County had to wait for the ...

Environmentalists on Wednesday petitioned the Fish and Wildlife Service to provide Endangered Species Act protections for a legless lizard that leans upon the continued good health of Southern ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A rare and legless lizard known for snapping off its tail to distract predators may soon get federal protection as an endangered ...

Mimic glass lizard faces rapid decline as longleaf pine habitat vanishes. Center for Biological Diversity petitions USFWS to list species as endangered. Listing could trigger critical habitat ...

WELL, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. PARENTS GET A GECKO OR A SNAKE FOR THEIR KIDS, AND THEN THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF THEM AND THEN END UP REHOMING THEM. WELL, CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION ...

If you’re wandering around beach dunes or marsh trails in the Charleston area, you might just spot something that looks like a snake sliding through the underbrush. But with a closer look, you may ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Kay and Tim from Mad Mouse Zoodio stopped by to showcase Lieutenant Dan, the sheltopusik, or a European legless lizard! The sheltopusik are indigenous to ...

North Carolina is home to three legless lizard species, often mistaken for snakes. Glass lizards differ from snakes with ear openings, eyelids and more rigid bodies. Glass lizards eat insects and ...

Brigitte Berry took this photo of a native reptile most people in the Virgin Islands never encounter or have heard of. It is a legless lizard, spotted during a hike on St. John. (Photo by Brigitte ...