Slow worms are unique in the UK for being legless lizards, but leglessness is not actually that unusual a trait. Mark explains, 'Quite a lot of lizard species around the world have no legs, including ...

The Green Balkan lizard, about 20cm (8in ... the exotic animals that accidentally sneaked into the UK inside holidaymakers' suitcases, a list issued by the RSPCA reveals. One surprised Briton ...

But since the 1970s the ‘terrible lizards’ have clawed their way back in favour with palaeontologists. Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892) was one of the most famous comparative anatomists of his time. Not ...

The common lizard is not currently rare or endangered in Britain, however, its numbers are considered to be declining due to loss of habitat. They are also unusual among British reptiles in that ...