HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A foot-long Madagascar giant day gecko was captured at Queen Kaahumanu Elementary School earlier this week, and state inspectors are now surveying the campus to ensure no ...

The island of Madagascar is home to a pretty amazing and diverse collection of geckos, with nearly 70 species from 10 different genera. Now you can add one more species to the list: Paroedura hordiesi ...

However, despite its impressive adaptations, the mossy leaf-tailed gecko faces growing threats that challenge its survival.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Jason Bittel, Special to The Washington Post Lizards are famous for their ability to detach their tails when a predator grabs it, but a newfound species ...

Madagascar is a hotspot for gecko diversity, and the latest to appear on the tree of life is Uroplatus garamaso. U. garamaso, with a length of 8.3-13.9 cm (3.3-5.5 in), is one of the larger ...

Some creatures have developed truly awesome camouflage: the owl butterfly, the leafy sea dragon, which looks like seaweed, or the self-explanatory stick insects, for example. One of the coolest are ...

Two years after the smallest-yet-known reptile was discovered in Northern Madagascar, scientists probing the same region have discovered even more new cold-blooded friends: eight new species of ...