When watching a gecko climb up a vertical wall with ease, one may wonder if this is due to having sticky feet, really sharp ...

The gecko foot is made up of well-aligned fine microscopic (3–130 μm in length) hairs called setae, which are split into hundreds of smaller nanoscale ends (0.2–0.5 μm in diameter) called ...

As night fell across Nepal, a “long”-limbed creature emerged from its hiding place and climbed along some rocks near a ...

ANDY TORBET:And that's because of their specially designed feet and toe pads. The gecko really is a master climber, so I'm going to have to go beyond bionic if I'm going to match the climbing ...

Photo from Akshay Khandekar Chitwan bent-toed geckos were “found on rocks and in caves” at night near walking and hiking trails at elevations of about 3,300 feet, the study said. Thousands of ...