Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. masked mossy leaf-tailed gecko on tree bark A mossy leaf-tailed gecko rests of on tree bark in Madagascar. The gecko has attracted ...

Veterinarians performed the innovative treatment on a 4-year-old Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko, a species at the fringes of zoo medicine. Mike Bock In March 2025, a Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko received a ...

Leaf-tailed geckos are masters of camouflage. Some species have skin flaps around the whole body and head, as well as flattened tails. During the day, they rest head-down on tree trunks with these ...

A reptile found in Madagascar is impossible to tell apart from tree bark by day. For decades, scientists had mixed it up with a relative. By Sofia Quaglia As night falls on the northern forests of ...

Scientists found a “large” fringed animal camouflaged in the forests of Madagascar and discovered a new species, a study said. Photos from Mark D. Scherz Stretched out flat against a tree in ...

Mares’s leaf-toed gecko has been rediscovered on Rábida Island in the Galápagos after being thought extinct for more than a century, with only ancient bones as previous evidence of its existence.