This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In 1877 a British lieutenant colonel and ...

TIRUPATI: The elusive Indian golden gecko (Calodactylodes aureus) has been spotted in Seshachalam forest ranges near the Kalyani Dam area in Tirupati district. The rare reptile, endemic to Eastern ...

A team of researchers from five institutes across India have discovered a new gecko species in Arunachal Pradesh. Their discovery was published in the international peer-reviewed journal Evolutionary ...

Researchers working at the Department of Zoology Goa University and the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, have discovered a new species of gecko – it is the smallest known species of that genus ...

A team of Indian researchers from Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram has described a new species of bent-toed gecko, Cyrtodactylus jayadityai sp nov, from the lowland forests of North Tripura, ...

Wildlife photographer 'Birdman Karthik' was lucky enough to spot and capture the captivating image of the Indian Golden Gecko near the Kapila Teertham abutting the Seshachalam biosphere near Tirupati ...

The Jeypore ground gecko (Geckoella jeyporensis) was first noted and described by a British colonel in 1877, but was not seen again for more than 130 years, and presumed extinct. Enter a team of ...

Researchers have described 12 gecko species from the Western Ghats mountain range in India, ten of which are found nowhere else. The geckos were given some creative names, including a quick and nimble ...

The endangered ‘Indian golden gecko’, a nocturnal reptile known to live in crevices, was sighted for the first time near Kapila Theertham in Tirupati, which is part of the Seshachalam biosphere ...

In India — a land that’s home to the regal tiger, the majestic elephant and the flamboyant peacock — gaining the Endangered Species spotlight can be difficult. Equally challenging in a land with 1.3 ...

THE gecko has to go. The Indian Pacific species, which normally lives in parts of South East Asia and India, has invaded northern Sydney over the past 12 months. The Indian Pacific species, which ...