A James Cook University biologist has discovered a new species of lizard on Scawfell Island, a remote island 50 km east of Mackay in north Queensland. Associate Professor Conrad Hoskin named the ...

Questions have been raised over a three-week mission to locate and re-home three native skinks, at a cost of $85,000. It involved clearing vegetation along State Highway Three near New Plymouth ...

He often heard the screams from startled or herpetophobic visitors. Regarding Nola Tucker’s skinks (C8), Richard Hambly of Potts Point, advises, “We have skinks, plural, in our apartment block ...

A woman in Florida was arrested after she allegedly pointed a pellet gun at two boys who were fishing in a pond located just outside her backyard. An arrest affidavit indicated that Donna Elkins ...

Wildlife charities have sounded the alarm about tiny plastic pellets washing up on English ... mistakenly believe their stomachs to be full of food. HM Coastguard has confirmed they have appeared ...

Small pellets of plastic are washing up on the east ... Fish and seabirds easily mistake floating nurdles for fish eggs and other food, NGO Flora & Fauna explains. When eaten, plastic gives ...

Apr. 3, 2025 — Researchers found that a small population of immune cells in the mouse intestine prevents allergic responses to food, suggesting that targeting such cells therapeutically could ...

Generation Z is putting its own spin on knafeh, a dish first designed to quash a caliph’s hunger pangs One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could ...

"I thought there might have been oil spills," she says. Kevin Shoesmith/BBC Chris Morris worries birds will mistake the pellets for food Chris Morris is visiting from Lincoln with his metal detector.

I can highly recommend the Cullen skink. Food for the soul. Among its many delights is the chance of spotting red squirrels and pine martens among the trees, capped off with terrific views over ...