It was in June 2002 that the gecko first caught Schargel’s attention. He and Gilson Rivas, a co-author on the study, were trekking through the Paria Peninsula when they spotted it. But given its ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Puerto Rico’s Monito gecko has recovered and is being removed from the list of endangered species. The tiny, ...

Schargel, has discovered a new tiny lizard in Venezuela. The species, a member of the gecko family, is about 2.5 inches long and has a cone-shaped head, long snout and a particular skull anatomy.

"When I looked again I saw this tiny gecko, I couldn't believe it," she said. Ms Moran put the gecko, which measured only 2.5cm (1 inch) into a tub and called the RSPCA who have rehomed it.

Following the exciting discovery in January 2024 of a Nationally Vulnerable Nelson Green Gecko (Naultinus stellatus) population on Tākaka Hill, Tākaka Hill Biodiversity Group Trust, in ...