I recently woke up in the middle of the night to my 11-year-old son screaming from the bathroom. Upon entering, I found him in the bathtub, trapped because there was a giant gecko on the door.

Encountering a lizard indoors can be startling, but these common house geckos are harmless, primarily feeding on insects. While they can bite if cornered, it's a rare, minor pinch. Larger species also ...

The first time I saw an eastern fence lizard, the lizard had mistaken my little grandson in his dark fleece jacket for a tree! We were walking that day in First Landing State Park. When I looked down ...

“A gecko on the loose – better call Geico!” was Maria Holland’s response on Facebook when she learned that this little critter photographed on the side of her house was a gecko! I was surprised too. A ...

Lin Schwarzkopf receives funding from the Australian Research Council, and Meat and Livestock Australia. Heather Neilly does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Australian geckos are remarkably adaptable reptiles, thriving across diverse environments due to unique traits like adhesive toe pads and nocturnal vision. Their evolutionary history and varied ...