Researchers thought leaf-toed geckos were locally extinct on Rábida Island, so they were thrilled to find several of the ...

The creature is small, somewhat furtive and green. Sometimes it’s brown. It has a voracious appetite for insects and spiders but is completely harmless to people. It clings to walls and scree… ...

Not all the 2,000 species of gecko, found in warm climates around the world, can change colour. But they do possess the species' other qualities, such as self-cleaning toe pads that enable them to ...

And at night, the lizards hunt insects. The leaf-tailed gecko family has nine members ranging in size from 8cm to 30cm. Larger members of the genus have beards and fringes around the whole body.

PHOTO/PAUL TAYLOR HBT141312-01 GREEN MATE: Bruce Tregonning with one of the geckos that sparked the creation of a children's book. PHOTO/PAUL TAYLOR HBT141312-01 ...