What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as "lost species." We do not know if they've gone extinct, or if it's simply that nobody has ...

South Australia’s tiny pygmy bluetongue skink is baking in a warming, drying homeland, so Flinders University scientists have tried a bold fix—move it. Three separate populations were shifted from the ...

The former host of Animal Planet's "Wild Recon" show has been sentenced to two years probation along with 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty in connection with illegal sales of ...

A gecko species not seen for over 30 years and feared extinct has been rediscovered in a remote South African canyon. Researchers from the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) have located specimens of the ...

Australian biologists have bred and released genetically modified Guthega skinks — a type of small lizard — into an outdoor enclosure in hopes that their offspring will be better adapted to handle the ...

DEHRADUN: Despite significant existential threats, a comprehensive survey across the Ganga river basin has revealed a ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect the Mule Mountains population of the Yarrow’s spiny lizard under the Endangered ...

The lizard is surrounded. She darts beneath a spiky shrub, a towering figure in a wide-brimmed hat looming over her. Corey Roelke shouts for someone to put down another glue trap. Edita Folfas swiftly ...

Krystal Tolley receives funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa. What happens when a species has not been seen by anyone for decades? Environmentalists think of these as “lost ...