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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Like cats, geckos always land on their feet. If the lizards happen to fall from a wall or leaf ...

Geckos always seem to be a popular topic when covered on NI, so we always try to bring the latest in cutting-edge gecko related research. The mechanics of exploiting van der Waals forces that geckos ...

A gecko's tail continues to flip, flop and wriggle long after it has dropped off the lizard's body. Now a new study proposes the tail is preprogrammed for random movement to foil predators while the ...

Berkeley -- How useful is an animal's tail? For the gecko, unlike most animals, it could be a matter of life or death, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley. In a paper ...

Researchers have identified the stem cells that drive the gecko ability to regrow its tail, raising new potential for treating human spinal injuries. Leopard geckos can regrow their tails in just 30 ...