The Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) said the reptile, believed to be a Tarentola ...

Kellar Autumn of Lewis & Clark College studies gecko adhesion and provides the following explanation: Geckos have arrays of millions of microscopic hairs, or setae, on the bottoms of their feet. Each ...

Geckos are one of the planet's real masters of disguise - camouflaging themselves to disappear into their environment and avoid the watchful eyes of a predator. And this image of Luna the gecko shows ...

He may only weigh 3 ounces, but this little lizard just helped make veterinary history. Veterinarians at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, say they successfully treated a leaf-tailed ...

Heat and cold reshape fertility in reptiles, from scrambled sperm to sex reversal, with lessons for evolution under climate ...

On August 6, 2025, in Hebei province, located in northern China, a video recorded a pet leopard gecko during its shedding period. The owner decided to assist the reptile with the process. Holding the ...

A new species of day gecko, Cnemaspis godagedarai, has been described in Sri Lanka, bringing the island’s number of endemic geckos in the genus Cnemaspis to 25. The new gecko, named after a national ...

A gecko so small it can perch on top of a pencil has been discovered along with dozens of new animal species in Ecuador’s threatened rainforest. Scientists also found 30 new varieties of frog and a ...

They are not like other lizards - they’re colourful and have fat tails, usually found with spots on their skin and are known to be among the most popular reptile pets. But most interestingly, they are ...

There are geckos in almost every home here, and many people, myself included, are afraid of them. There are many people who say that lizards are harmless creatures who perform a service by eating the ...

Where I live in Florida, I can’t open the door without causing a gecko or another lizard to skitter away. They’ve never complained. But maybe I haven’t been listening. Elizabeth St. John asked ...