SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On this week’s Wild Wednesday, Great Plains Zoo Educational Director, Leigh Spencer, joined Dakota News Now to talk about the prehensile-tailed skink.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On this week’s Wild Wednesday, Great Plains Zoo Educational Director, Leigh Spencer, joined Dakota News Now to talk about the prehensile-tailed skink. Also known ...

Plague skinks are native to Australia. They are small lizards, measuring about 3-4 cm long from nose to hind legs excluding the long thin tail. The skink is brown or grey-brown with a dark brown ...

Ruthann Stump, 84, of Trumbauersville, PA passed away on Monday February 17, 2025, at the LifeQuest Nursing Home in Quakertown, PA. She was born in Quakertown, the daughter of the late William and ...

If you weren’t aware, this university is the home of the Skinks & Skanks, a ska band founded in 2023 by a couple of guys looking to live a little. I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is considering a total ban on the sale of endangered Cambodian long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis ...

In July, the Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan was officially listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 14 years after the Center ...

DOC plans to control a mouse plague that is threatening to destroy a small population of critically endangered Alborn skinks near Reefton using the toxin brodifacoum in bait stations. Mouse numbers ...

No one was injured, SeaTac Airport said. The right wing of a taxiing Japan Airlines flight hit the tail of a parked Delta plane at Seattle's SeaTac Airport on Wednesday, according to the airport ...

Once upon a time, the camel had beautiful antlers and a flowing long tail. The bald reindeer begged to borrow the antlers from the camel, who generously agreed. Learning of this, the stump-tailed ...

A fierce hunter with a striking rusty-red tail, this widespread raptor is a commanding presence as it soars over diverse landscapes across North America. The Red-tailed Hawk is a robust raptor with ...