A lizard called Delcourt’s giant gecko has long been one of herpetology’s biggest mysteries — literally. Presumed extinct, the animal is by far the largest gecko known to have crawled the Earth, ...

Thousands of gecko species live all over the world, making their home on every continent except Antarctica. These unique and often colorful creatures are exceptional climbers, and many have sticky ...

Many lizards are capable of detaching their tails when a predator strikes, but one group of geckos has evolved a particularly gruesome escape strategy: unusually large scales that tear off when a ...

Feb. 7 (UPI) --A newly identified fish-scale gecko species has mastered the art of escape. While other gecko species can easily abandon their tail to squirm free from the jaws or talons of a predator, ...

The extremely complex geological history of New Guinea has allowed many of its animals and plants the chance to grow different enough to make a name for themselves. In the case of two newly described ...