Geckos are very adept at climbing through difficult terrain using an intricate adhesive system. Until now it has not been known when and how they switch on their unique system of traction. Scientists ...

A gecko was caught on camera desperately holding its friend in its mouth to stop him falling to the ground. The footage was captured by a curious passerby in Tay Ninh, Vietnam. The video features two ...

We know that geckos stick to walls because of the van der Waals force, but these are the first videos that let us see the power of a single “hair” on a gecko’s foot. We can see the fiber stick on, ...