Tokay geckos are one of the most charismatic reptile species in Asia and the second largest gecko species in the world. They also are one of the most heavily traded reptiles, with millions exported ...

When trouble looms, the fish-scale geckos of Madagascar resort to what might seem like an extreme form of self-defense—tearing out of their own skin. Their unusually large, overlapping scales flake ...

Reptiles have long been considered to be dim-witted and cold-blooded (in more ways than one), but research is beginning to find that they possess an impressive collection of cognitive abilities. For ...

Leopard geckos continue to be netted and sold in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with no respite. The beautiful reptile is found in its natural habitat in the hot and dry regions of India, Afghanistan, Iraq and ...

Over a thousand tokay geckos (Gekko gecko) were found in a single trunk of a taxi by the Wildlife Rapid Response Team (WRRT), forestry officials, and military police in Cambodia. WRRT is ...

The black tokay gecko (Gekko cf. dam) has so far been recorded only in Perlis within Malaysia, making it one of the most ...

New research has been investigating the origins of tokay geckos in Hong Kong, both the wild ones and those sold in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) shops. Tokay geckos are one of the most ...

Researchers of Mizoram University and Max Planck Institute for Biology , Tubingen, Germany have discovered a new species of flying gecko in Mizoram. Details of the study on the species of the gliding ...

The new gecko species is described as being long and slender and of “moderate” size just under 3 inches long, according to a study. Photo by Zhong Huang. While surveying the forests around southern ...