Hundreds of new species were discovered in 2025, with over 850 new marine species documented and many more described by scientists worldwide. Even so, each discovery of an animal previously unknown to ...
Australian skinks have evolved tricks to resist deadly snakebites, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Queensland. The discovery, detailed in the International Journal of ...
A new report on the conservation status of reptiles in Aotearoa shows there are more lizard species than previously thought, ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and legal victory by the Center for Biological Diversity and reptile ecologist Renata Platenberg, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to ...
Three rare mokomoko/skinks from a species not seen for 13 years have been flown from Nelson Lakes to Te Nukuao Wellington Zoo ...
In the mountains of Vietnam, a new blind species was found buried under a rotten long. Screengrab from Tan Van Nguyen’s Facebook post What makes a lizard, a lizard? A rough, scaly body, long claws and ...
Scientists found a “large” creature with “sharp” claws in a desert of Australia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Jules Farquhar via the Biodiversity Council In a rocky desert of ...
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, ...