If you own a pet lizard, it could be a sandfish — a mild-mannered skink native to North Africa and the Middle East. The creature is so-called because it appears to “swim” under the sand — an ability ...

Endemic species with limited geographic ranges are particularly sensitive to habitat loss and degradation. In order to conserve such species, we tend to focus on optimal habitats (e.g., for land ...

CLERMONT – The elusive sand skink has come up in yet another Lake County building project. The rare, federally-protected lizard has surfaced in at least nine Lake projects where construction of a new ...

CLERMONT – Reed Nissan of Orlando is building a new dealership just outside Clermont on State Road 50. But the company must get a special permit because construction would harm the Florida sand skink, ...