Nov 18, 2024 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has described a new species of miniaturized gecko in the genus Pseudogonatodes from the Peninsula de Paria in northeastern...

Oct 7, 2024 by News Staff

Geckos use the saccule — a part of their inner ear traditionally associated with maintaining balance and body positioning — to detect low-frequency...

Jul 4, 2023 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers from Mizoram University and the Max Planck Institute for Biology has discovered a new species of the gecko genus Gekko living in...

May 29, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Researchers have described a cryptic new species in the spiny-tailed gecko genus Strophurus from inland areas of southern Western Australia. Two individuals...

Feb 28, 2023 by News Staff

GeiwBot can climb on walls and ceilings of different textures including glass, polyimide, and aluminum; its climbing behavior is based on dynamic attachment...

Sep 2, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The newly-identified species belong to the gecko subgenus Domerguella in the genus Lygodactylus, and each of them is no longer than your pointer finger. Seven...

Jun 7, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of ancient gecko from an articulated near-complete skull found in Germany. Geiseleptes delfinoi...

Jun 6, 2022 by Sergio Prostak

Scientists have discovered a new species of leopard gecko (genus Eublepharis) living in the forests of the Indian states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The...

Feb 7, 2017 by News Staff

A bizarre new species of the fish-scale gecko genus Geckolepis has been found living in the ‘tsingy’ karst formations of northern Madagascar. Geckolepis...

Nov 17, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of scientists from Germany and France has described a new species of gecko that lives in a karstic limestone massif called Montagne...

May 22, 2014 by News Staff

An awesome mammal from Colombia and Ecuador, a leaf-tailed gecko from Australia and a snail with semi-transparent shell from Croatia are among the new...

Dec 30, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Sci-News.com presents some of the best species officially described in 2013. A walking shark, a snail with semi-transparent shell, a venomous crustacean,...

Oct 6, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Two Australian biologists have described a new species of leaf-tailed gecko in the genus Saltuarius. The Cape Melville Leaf-tailed Gecko with regenerated...

Jun 21, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Wall-climbing robots, bioadhesives or other sticky substances can benefit greatly from a discovery about the self-cleaning and reuse abilities of a gecko’s...

Apr 20, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A team of biologists from the Papua New Guinea National Museum and the U.S. Geological Survey has discovered a new species of slender-toed gecko on Manus...

Feb 10, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers has discovered a new species of bent-toed gecko on the East Montalivet Island off the north coast of the Kimberley region in Western...