She said it also made the skink, which looked like a baby snake with tiny legs, one of the “weirdest lizards in the world”. Further research into this small lizard, which seems to occupy a ...

New research published on Monday, based on another, better-preserved amber specimen, suggests that the skull was from a prehistoric lizard. “It’s a really weird animal. It’s unlike any other ...

With just its head and front legs peeking out from its underground burrow, the Mexican mole lizard could pass for a slender, pink lizard — until it emerges completely, its body etched with ring ...

In real life, Mexican mole lizards, which grow to be a bit shorter than the length of a strand of spaghetti (9.4 inches, or 24 centimeters), restrict their burrowing to the ground.

From a camouflaging octopus to a dancing bowerbird, National Geographic's Planet Weird proves only the weird survive in the ...

But that didn't stop a Cal State Fullerton geological sciences professor from discovering a whole new species of lizard there. The pencil-like, 8- to 10-inch creature calls the sand dunes west of ...

Crazy Creatures The Weirdest Lizards Ever Discovered Posted: April 24, 2025 | Last updated: April 24, 2025 From lizards that squirt blood from their eyes to ones that glide through the air, the ...

It's in their blood. Six species of lizards in New Guinea bleed lime green thanks to evolution gone weird. It's unusual, but there are critters that bleed different colors of the rainbow besides red.

In 1969, two biologists wrote about three lizards from New Guinea whose insides were green. The color ranged from a deep blue-green to a vivid lime hue, and it was everywhere. The lizards ...

Being elusive might seem exclusively the realm of spies and space stuff, but animals are pretty good at it too, and one that takes the trait to heart is the Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard.