Here in Florida, the land of many a reptile, it's not so unusual to find a gecko in your bathtub. “What makes gecko feet stick are tiny hairlike structures on their toe pads called setae,” Robert ...

A fascinating look into the daily life, habits, and quirks of a leopard gecko. 'Fat troops' fallout continues as some Texas Guardsmen sent home Gavin Newsom vetoes "unnecessary" California reparations ...

Abstract: In this paper, the design, analysis and fabrication of a quadruped wall-climbing robot is presented. Inspired by the climbing gaits of geckos, the robot has kinematics similar to a gecko's ...

Abstract: Lateral undulation patterns of a flexible spine, including standing waves, traveling waves, and their transitions, enable agile and versatile locomotion in sprawling animals. Inspired by ...

Beneath the relentless sun of Chile's Atacama Desert, tiny geckos hide a remarkable secret. New genomic research, led by the University of Wollongong's (UOW) Kamryn Carter, has discovered that these ...

On a cool, starry night six years ago, a young scientist crept barefoot across dunes in the Namib Desert in southern Africa. With his pants slung over one arm and his flashlight sweeping the sand, the ...