CNN

The gecko’s most astounding maneuver has nothing to do with its sticky feet

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 ...
Hyperallergic

Woman Creates an Art Gallery for Her Lizard With “American Gecko” and “The Birth of Gecko”

The Gecko Museum in Dallas showcases classic masterpieces by Edvard Munch and Sandro Botticelli, reimagined for an, um, “cooler” audience (all images courtesy of Jill Young / @jillisyoung) Last week, ...
Newsday

This flat-bodied South African gecko was a 'lost' species. It's been found again after 34 years

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 ...
Salon

Vincent van Gecko: Colorful new lizard species named after the famous painter

When the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" in 1889, he did so while staring out a window from his mental asylum room in the French town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. More than a ...