When something is hydrophobic, it repels water. When water is dropped on a hydrophobic surface, rather than spread out over ...

The ghostly web-footed gecko is nearly translucent with a pale, salmon-colored undertone and light-brown stripes. Their color provides perfect camouflage among the powdery reddish sands of the ...

The gecko foot is made up of well-aligned fine microscopic (3–130 μm in length) hairs called setae, which are split into hundreds of smaller nanoscale ends (0.2–0.5 μm in diameter) called ...

Gecko feet are covered in tiny little bristles or hairs called setae, which interact with the molecules of different surfaces to create an electric attraction called van der Waals force.

They are easily formed and broken again, and only occur over short distances, like when the molecules on the gecko’s feet are very close to the molecules of the wall. The distance between the ...

Willi’s giant geckos can reach about 1 foot in length, the study said. They have “robust” brown bodies with some “folds” of “loose skin,” a “triangular” head and “short ...

The exotic pet trade has seen an explosive growth in the last two decades, bolstered by series like Netflix’s “The Tiger King ...

ANDY TORBET:And that's because of their specially designed feet and toe pads. The gecko really is a master climber, so I'm going to have to go beyond bionic if I'm going to match the climbing ...