With scales like armor and a tongue the color of the sky, the blue tongued skink looks like something out of a fantasy book.

The species was discovered in the mountains of Papua New Guinea and is named after the Latin word meaning “small clown,” ...

On an island of southeastern Indonesia, scientists dug a hole in the forest and installed a wildlife trap. A while later, ...

The skink has a distinctive blue lining to its mouth, researchers said. Photo by Stephen Richards The skink is described as having a kite-shaped head, a blue mouth, and a “robust” body covered ...