There is growing momentum in Australia's conservation planning to incorporate First Nations knowledge into the management of ...

Australian skinks have developed a remarkable genetic defense against venomous snake bites by mutating a key muscle receptor, ...

A study of Australia’s many species of skink reveals they have evolved resistance to snake venom at least 25 times, a ...

Through functional tests, researchers noted the major skink’s mutation is identical to the one that protects honey badgers ...

"With high biodiversity loss, translocation to 'future-suitable' sites is becoming increasingly urgent for the conservation ...

Some of the individuals were moved to "safe housing" at the Auckland Zoo as a precaution until a predator-free enclosure is finished being built on the west coast.

A three-toed skink recently laid three eggs and delivered another baby through live birth in the same pregnancy. That could mean that the species is in a rare transitional form between egg-laying ...

The skink, listed as data deficient on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List, had never officially been documented alive and in its natural habitat. Dead specimens were ...

A rare—and potentially new— species of skink has unwittingly been discovered by a cat just looking for a quick snack. The cat dragged the lizard into its owners' home in Taranaki, New Zealand.

This is a tiny skink that grows to only about 5 inches long as an adult. Varying from the five-lined skink which has five lines across its body and a blue tail, this skink has only one black line ...

"A number of lizards -- and the Five-lined Skink is one of them -- has a tail that will break off at a fairly precise area if it's grabbed by the tail," reptile specialist Al Breisch told WCBS 880 ...

Fry’s team documented 25 instances in which skink lineages have developed a “natural counterpunch” at the same binding site that blocks snake venom from doing its job.