In the mountains of Papua New Guinea, researchers encountered a clownish creature perched on a log in a fern meadow, basking in the sun. With its short, blunt snout and unique checkerboard pattern, ...

Katelyn Lenhart, supervisor of reptiles at the Caldwell Zoo, says Wednesday the blue tongue skink has a unique of keeping ...

Instead of a Father’s Day celebration, Terry Moore had a special request this year: that his family throw a 30th birthday party for his pet lizard. Though he can’t blow out candles or croon along as ...

PINE KNOLL SHORES, N.C. — Have you ever wanted to name a dragon? The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores has two new female blue-tongue skinks, and they’re awful close to being little dragons ...

The new species has only been seen three times in the mountains of central Papua New Guinea, researchers said. Photo by Stephen Richards In the mountains of Papua New Guinea, researchers encountered a ...