Hoskin found Scawfell Island sun skinks in rainforest areas with “granite rocks,” such as several leaf-filled “gullies.” He ...

The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive ... She can reproduce the old-fashioned way, by mating with a male and laying eggs. Or she can lay eggs without having mated, through ...

When he compared the lizards to examples of known species, nothing matched. Hoskin soon realized he’d discovered a new species: Lampropholis isla, or the Scawfell Island sun skink. A male ...