Gargoyle geckos are native to New Caledonia, a French territory east of Australia. They're small, often colorful lizards that are easy to care for and have become more popular to keep as pets. Keep ...

Gecko hairs. Each tip is only 200 nanometers wide. Credit: Kellar Autumn Have you ever used Velcro to hold two things together? If so, you’ve benefitted from biomimicry, an approach to solving human ...

Researchers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are researching new ways to get things to stick in space, and have found inspiration from geckos. Unlike tape, which loses its ability to adhere ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The crested gecko's current popularity in the pet trade ...

An incredible new species of gecko has been discovered by researchers in the Cambodian hills. The Kamping Poi bent‑toed gecko is aptly named for its oddly formed toes that curve slightly, helping it ...

The extraordinary skills of lizards they evolved over millions of years. Now we are treading the same path, though with more purpose. By Michael Brooks Aristotle started it. His musings on how ...

Other than their adhesive feet and lasting fame from a series of car insurance commercials, you probably don't know a whole lot about geckos. And yet this category of more than 1,100 lizard species is ...