Nearly 200 new gecko species found in living in karst landscapes reveal the rugged regions as dynamic areas of speciation.

Scientists found a “large” forest creature with “long” limbs at an abandoned house in Yunnan and discovered a new species, a ...

It's the time of year when scientific organizations take a look back at some of the most amazing new animals, plants, fungi ...

There are more than 1,500 species of geckos worldwide. The smallest, at less than an inch long, is the dwarf gecko; the largest, at 14 to 17 inches long, is the New Caledonian giant gecko. In ...

Pretty clever. The ability to lose their tails has evolved in many gecko species as a way to survive encounters with larger predators. The process is controlled by special muscles and fracture ...

Gigarcanum delcourti is an extinct species of giant gecko that inhabited either New Caledonia or New Zealand possibly up to the mid-19th century. It is the largest known gecko species, at least 2 ...

This new species is called the van Gogh gecko. The reason why is a work of art.

Intrigued, researchers captured the geckos and kept them alive in a terrarium for decades. They suspected the captive animals were a new species but didn’t have the DNA data to know for sure ...

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, ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like creature in Cameroon, kept it in terrarium and discovered a new species: Lobeke dwarf gecko, study said. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In a rainforest ...