If you've ever watched a gecko, you probably wondered about their uncanny ability to adhere to any surface -- including upside down. It turns out the little lizards can turn the "stickiness" of toe ...

Gecko hairs. Each tip is only 200 nanometers wide. Credit: Kellar Autumn Have you ever used Velcro to hold two things together? If so, you’ve benefitted from biomimicry, an approach to solving human ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The crested gecko's current popularity in the pet trade ...

LONDON & LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Moonbug, a global entertainment company that develops and distributes fun and safe content for kids, today announced it has acquired children’s properties, My ...

Researchers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are researching new ways to get things to stick in space, and have found inspiration from geckos. Unlike tape, which loses its ability to adhere ...

Geckos are one of the most common reptiles on the planet. There are nearly 2,000 species of gecko in seven distinct gecko families. This makes geckos one of the most diverse reptile clades. You can ...

The extraordinary skills of lizards they evolved over millions of years. Now we are treading the same path, though with more purpose. By Michael Brooks Aristotle started it. His musings on how ...

An incredible new species of gecko has been discovered by researchers in the Cambodian hills. The Kamping Poi bent‑toed gecko is aptly named for its oddly formed toes that curve slightly, helping it ...