Hidden among the red sandstone escarpments of Mutawintji National Park in western New South Wales lives a rare lizard, long ...

Called the kungaka, meaning "the hidden one", there are thought to be around twenty of the species living in the wild.

Every single Alborn skink believed to be alive today is in one isolated, five-hectare wetland in New Zealand. “We’re at a ...

A biological wonder lives in the leaf litter of the dry forests of the Dominican Republic; the Jaragua Dwarf Gecko ...

This tiny, spiny lizard has a shocking secret. Scientists have finally uncovered exactly how and why its bizarre strategy ...

The golden-tailed gecko may look small and harmless, but it carries one of the strangest defensive weapons in the reptile ...

Two new species of geckos have been discovered in Vietnam, one of which has been named after a renowned scientist.

For more than fifty years, museum herpetologist George Zug has studied all manner of reptiles and amphibians Jack Tamisiea A slender-toed gecko in New Guinea. In 2020, Smithsonian herpetologist George ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The crested gecko's current popularity in the pet trade ...

It's Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. Many will take time to reflect on the past year, asking how they could have done better. And, maybe, how they can put down their lizard. Yom Kippur, the ...