Paleontologists have revealed a giant new species of prehistoric "worm lizard" with a powerful bite that is the largest of its kind found to date. The newly identified creature, named ...

It's known as a Bipes biporus or the five-toed worm lizard. Their little hands are perfect for burrowing underground. But, what exactly are they? They're a reptile native to the Baja California ...

Scientists have recently uncovered a new species of worm lizard, a peculiar limbless reptile resembling an oversized earthworm. Named Amphisbaena amethysta, the discovery hails from a ...

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The common lizard, smooth snake and slow worm can also be found living in the UK and reptiles are found living all over the world. The Komodo dragon is the heaviest lizard on earth. It lives on land.

Squiggly little mounds of sand are a common sight when you walk along a beach at low tide. These are the signs of a hidden but industrious worm that has an important place in the beach ecosystem. What ...