Skinks are lizards — lesser-known relatives of the familiar green anoles so common here in the Lowcountry. As a group, skinks (family Scincidae) are among the most widespread of all lizards, found on ...

Twenty-four new species of lizards known as skinks have been discovered on Caribbean islands, half of which already may be extinct or close to extinction. The loss of many skink species can be ...

Mr. Googie got us little kids really going. "Today," announced Mr. G., a Grace Church Camp counselor in Palisades Interstate Park 50 years ago, "you're going to see the blue-tailed skink! It's a ...

Florida Keys mole skink. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Eight species of skink — a Caribbean lizard that is quickly disappearing — will be finally evaluated for protection under ...

AND IS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS MORNING WE ARE LEARNING THE SCIENCE BEHIND THESE REPTILES CALLED SKINKS. WESH 2’S METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA TOOK A BREAK FROM THE WEATHER CENTER TO BRING US INTO THEIR ...

AND WE ARE BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN FANTASY AND REALITY, REPTILES. AND THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE TO DINOSAURS IN THIS DAY AND AGE. OKAY. AND SO A FAMILY OF SKINKS FOUND THEIR HOME AT THE ORLANDO ...

Not all blood is red. Some types of octopuses, mollusks and crustaceans have clear blood that turns blue in the presence of oxygen. Marine worms and brachiopods bleed violet. Some segmented worms have ...

In a single new scientific publication, 24 new species of lizards known as skinks, all from islands in the Caribbean, have been discovered and scientifically named. According to Blair Hedges, a ...