Barking geckos use loud barks to warn rivals, attract mates, and scare predators Small, clawed lizards thrive in southern African desert burrows. Each bark has a unique meaning, showing complex social ...

Geckos would definitely medal in a contest for nature’s best feet. The lizard’s sticky toes, covered in tiny hairs, mean it can climb across ceilings in a fantastic feat of evolution. But scientists ...

Paleontologists have identified a new fossil lizard, found in the western United States, which they say was an ancestor of modern geckos. And they gave it a name that honors the lead researcher's ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Researchers who were dropped off by helicopter in a largely inaccessible and remote canyon in South Africa say they have discovered a type of gecko that hadn't been seen in ...

For more than fifty years, museum herpetologist George Zug has studied all manner of reptiles and amphibians Jack Tamisiea A slender-toed gecko in New Guinea. In 2020, Smithsonian herpetologist George ...

One of the strange, small reptiles living within the giant deserts of Southern Africa is the barking gecko. It is unusual and strange to find a small gecko that barks very loudly and scares the wits ...

Shortly after graduating from high school, Brian Butler started loading trucks at a UPS freight facility in Denver. Working nights for the next 16 years, he sometimes found himself so strapped for ...