Q. After having an iguana that died after only a year, we want another reptile. We are now considering a skink. I’m the mother of three children, ages 9, 12 and 15. Do you think our 45-pound mutt will ...

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With a flash of its vivid blue tongue, the blue-tongued skink confuses predators, proving evolution's clever ways to survive.

Learn how these two lizards can be both alike and different with the Memphis Zoo. Learn how these two lizards can be both alike and different because of how they have adapted to their environments ...

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 ...

Wali's blue tongue rapidly flickers in and out. She swivels her head toward the visitors, reptilian eyes bright. Wally is a northern blue-tongued skink. These Australian lizards display their azure ...

Pictured, a Northern Bluetongue skink performing a “full-tongue” display in response to a simulated attack by a model predator. The lizard flashes its large tongue several times while performing other ...

May 1 (UPI) --Paleontologists in Australia have unearthed the complete skeleton of an ancient lizard, an early relative of modern blue-tongued and social skinks. Analysis of the remains -- the most ...

Researchers investigate how the blue-tongued skink uses a full-tongue display to deter attacking predators. When attacked, bluetongue skinks open their mouth suddenly and as wide as possible to reveal ...

A first responder who was helping a man get his truck out of a ditch died after he was struck by a vehicle late Friday night. A few rain showers could linger into Easter Sunday. However, the front may ...