Antoinette and Brucie-Baby, believed to be the world's oldest geckos, found on New Zealand's Motunau Island. - Department of Conservation NZ At 64 and 60 years old, Antoinette and Brucie-Baby are thin ...

Gecko feet have inspired many intriguing applications, including a sticky tape, adhesives, a “stickybot” climbing robot, and even a strapless bra design. Now, scientists have developed a new kind of ...

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Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand, and the Department of Conservation. Lachie Scarsbrook does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

Geckos can grip and climb almost anything almost like they can defy gravity but how? Geckos can grip and climb almost anything. Walking up walls, hanging upside down… even from glass. It’s almost like ...

Geckos are known for being expert climbers, able to stick to any surface thanks to tiny hair-like structures on the bottoms of their feet. Along with colleagues in Oregon, Denmark, and Germany, ...

Have you ever seen a gecko run up a tree or fence? They are very fast, and they seem to stick to just about anything! Wouldn’t it be fun if you could hang upside down from the ceiling or a branch like ...

Manawa, the jeweled gecko who made headlines after he was smuggled out of New Zealand to Germany and returned to Otago years later has had to be put down. Otago Museum and Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou ...

Globally, translocations of herpetofauna have been notoriously unsuccessful. Most previous translocations of green geckos (Naultinus spp.) have failed to result in population establishment. However, ...