Found far from its relatives, a newly identified Iranian gecko is genetically unlike any other nearby.

A wide-eyed canyon climber discovered in Iran is now the 20th known species in its gecko genus.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a cool, starry night six years ago, a young scientist crept barefoot across dunes in the Namib Desert in southern Africa. With ...

These geckos have already disappeared completely from nine spots, and their habitat has been reduced to 41 percent of its ...

A new species of miniature gecko, not much longer than a match stick, has been discovered by biologists at the University of Texas at Arlington. The tiny lizards are among several species of geckos ...

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 ...

A close-up shot of a male Cnemaspis vangoghi in his natural habitat — along the rocks in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India (all photos by and courtesy Akshay Khandekar, unless otherwise noted) A ...