The next time you visit a local park, preserve, or trail, slow your pace and take a closer look, writes Elmer Gutierrez.

The chance sighting of a dead snake beside a sandy track in remote Western Australia, and the investigation of its stomach contents, has led Curtin University researchers to record the first known ...

You have probably seen hundreds of them in your life, the unassuming Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis). During summer months, they can be seen scampering about in our gardens, skittering ...

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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 ...

The ancient skink, an extinct reptile, roamed Australia 47,000 years ago. Learn the unique physical features of this 'heavy metal' lizard. In North America, skinks are often tiny, slick and snakelike ...

Hitting the desert trails often is a Southern Nevada spring hiker’s key to keeping company with lizards. After hiding for months from winter’s cooler temperatures, western zebra-tailed lizards have ...

You have probably seen hundreds of them in your life, the unassuming western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis).During summer months, they can be seen scampering about in our gardens, skittering ...