He's looking for a grand skink, or an Otago skink. Both are endangered lizard species that became extinct in this area due to introduced pests and habitat destruction. Now, the skinks have returned to ...

Now, scientists have been treated to front row seats of evolution unfolding in real time, as two similar lizard species encounter each other for the first time and quickly adapt to fill different ...

In medieval Europe, the imaginary creature basilisk appears in many legends as having the head of a lizard or chicken and the body of a snake. It represents death and often appears in literary works ...

Five years ago, a mysterious new virus emerged in Wuhan, China, marking the start of a global health crisis. Initially nameless, the virus and the illness it caused would eventually ignite a ...