Badger admiring Banksy-style image wins hearts in wildlife photo competition
A badger appearing to admire a Banksy-style graffiti version of itself has won the Natural History Museum's 2024 Wildlife ...
Gecko feet inspire anti-slip shoe soles
Essentially, the tufts of tiny hairs on gecko feet get so close to the contours in walls and ceilings that electrons from the ...
‘Long’-limbed creature with bright yellow belly found lurking. It’s a new species
As night fell across western Thailand, a “long”-limbed creature emerged from the rocks and took up its perch. Its “large” ...
Miami Herald5d
‘Velvet’ creature — with visible eggs in its belly — discovered as new species
Taking a closer look at the animals, Hoskin quickly realized he’d discovered a new species: Oedura atra, or the basalt velvet gecko. Basalt velvet geckos are considered “medium-sized ...
Miami Herald6d
Spiky ‘large’-eyed creature found hunting near windmills in India. It’s a new species
They took a closer look at the animals and soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Hemidactylus amarasinghei, or Amarasinghe’s house gecko. A Hemidactylus amarasinghei, or Amarasinghe ...
‘Velvet’ creature — with visible eggs in its belly — discovered as new species
As night fell across a remote region of northern Australia, a “velvet” creature emerged from a pile of rocks. Its hard-to-reach habitat and camouflaged coloring helped it go largely unnoticed — until ...
Kansas City Star2d
‘Long’-limbed creature with bright yellow belly found lurking. It’s a new species
A male Cnemaspis enneaporus, or Sai Yok rock gecko, seen from above and below. Photos from Rujirawan, Aksornneam, Yodthong, Pawangkhanant, Stuart and Aowphol (2025) Thousands of new species are ...
Raleigh News & Observer5d
‘Velvet’ creature — with visible eggs in its belly — discovered as new species
Taking a closer look at the animals, Hoskin quickly realized he’d discovered a new species: Oedura atra, or the basalt velvet gecko. A #newspecies of velvet gecko (#Diplodactylidae: Oedura ...