The flag carrier's livery represents the French-administered island territory's blue skies and waters, fiery red soil, biodiversity and flora. A red hibiscus decorates the tail of Aircalin's planes.

It said three reptile species are now considered extinct in the wild. The whiptail-skink, the blue-tailed skink and Lister's gecko from Australia's Christmas Island all have mysteriously disappeared.

They took a closer look at the lizards, tested their DNA and realized they’d discovered a new species: Scincella auranticaudata, or the orange-tailed ground skink. A Scincella auranticaudata ...

They took a closer look at the lizards, tested their DNA and realized they’d discovered a new species: Scincella auranticaudata, or the orange-tailed ground skink. Orange-tailed ground skinks ...