An Asian flat-tailed house gecko, Hemidactylus platyurus. Videos of these geckos, common in the forests of Singapore, showed that their tails allow them to recover effectively from crash landings ...

The Asian flat-tailed gecko would prefer a four-point landing after leaping to a tree trunk, but if it can't slow down sufficiently, it may have to crash head first into the trunk, rebounding but ...

With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...

The gecko tail is an intriguing body part of the animal world. Some species of geckos, including leopard geckos and day geckos, have a defense mechanism that allows them to "drop" their tails when ...

With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...

Most animals with monstrous appearances are relatively harmless to humans. Here's the truth behind creepy creatures like the ...

The robot, which can amputate its limbs — just like a gecko can release its tail when it is grabbed by a hungry predator — is ...

The robot, which can amputate its limbs — just like a gecko can release its tail when it is grabbed by ... limbs of a tortoise to the flexible, flat legs of a sea turtle. Additional reporting ...

The brightly spotted tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) appears to have a hidden sensory talent akin to a “sixth sense”. The geckos can use a part of the inner ear associated with maintaining balance ...