According to the African Snake Bite Institute there are around 30 species in southern Africa, of which the most common are the Cape Legless Skink ( Acontias meleagris ), the Giant Legless Skink ( ...

Meet the slow worm slithering across the garden like a tiny liquid shadow. A legless lizard, experts say, that somehow manages to fool everyone. Kids scream, gardeners blink, and people step over it ...

And while they’ve already had investment from the likes of Hollywood superstars Chris, Liam and Luke Hemsworth, they believe property developers could be the missing link to saving a wide variety of ...

No other school kicks off a reading program like Forestville does. Each year, Forestville holds a celebration for its annual Pick a Reading Partner (PARP) program. A team of teachers and staff come ...

Monitor lizards are often confused with common house lizards. At first glance, both have long bodies, sharp claws and extended tails. When people see a small wall lizard drop its tail and run away, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An article in Smithsonian magazine revealed that the Argentine tegu was spotted in Joseph D. Grant County Park, not far from San ...

A species of semi-aquatic lizard produces a special bubble over its nostrils to breathe underwater and avoid predators. Presenting the world's smallest (and scrappiest) scuba diver: A species of ...

From flattened echidnas to koalas ‘finished off with a hard, sharp blow to the skull’, the inexorable rollout of colossal ...

Paleontologists are marveling over the unique fossil of a marine species that predated the dinosaurs, according to new research. The fossil, dated to about 444 million years ago, contained a new ...

On Thursday, March 26. Alexandria Public Schools will host the annual STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics) Expo from 4:30-7:00 p.m. at Alexandria Area High School. This fun, ...

For invasive reptile hunters in Florida, there’s another predatory lizard on the radar. Nile monitors, native to Africa, are populating parts of the Sunshine State, and they can now be killed ...