Evolution doesn’t have to take millions of years. New research shows that a type of lizard living on man-made islands in Brazil has developed a larger head than its mainland cousins in a period of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Humans tend to think of themselves as the superior species. But the ...

Little springs made of a metal alloy found in fancy eyewear can scale up gecko-style sticky power and enable a human to climb a glass wall. Tiny hairs on gecko toes do a great job of keeping the ...

LIZARD BRAINS. We knew that they can regenerate their tails (and spinal cords). But it turns out that geckos can regenerate parts of their brain, too, according to researchers from the University of ...

In a practical demonstration, a synthetic adhesion system enabled a 70 kg human to climb vertical glass with 140 square centimeters of adhesive per hand. They have developed a synthetic adhesion ...

Usually when we hear about the properties of geckos being applied to human technology, it's the reptiles' sticky feet that are in question. Now, however, scientists in Australia are looking at the ...

Day geckos are a colorful group of lizards that are all in the Phelsuma genus. These geckos are all related, but they don't have identical habitats and habits. These days you can find day geckos in ...

[tc_aol_on code=”519605996″ autostart=”true”]Y Combinator-backed Gecko Robotics is hoping to save a few human lives at our nation’s power plants with wall-climbing robots. Gecko’s proprietary magnetic ...

Thousands of gecko species live all over the world, making their home on every continent except Antarctica. These unique and ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Socrates, an ancient Greek, liked to point people toward good decisions using reasoning. Now many centuries later the GEICO Gecko offers some modern day reasoning of his ...