Amber is a remarkable substance that can give scientists a unique window into our planet’s prehistory. From a dinosaur’s ...

A tiny gecko had a big problem: squamous cell carcinoma. How the zoo's vets teamed up to save the creature and make history.

A tiny fossil preserved in 16 million-year-old amber revealed an extinct Caribbean species that mastered the art of ...

Geckos are lizards that live in almost all warm or tropical climates. They are mainly nocturnal, having low-light colour vision that is 350 times as sensitive as that of humans. They can see ...

Among the several endangered wildlife species that continue to be smuggled out of India’s Northeast is a nocturnal lizard called tokay gecko, which commands an extremely high value in the grey ...

The gecko is pale grey to pink in colour, featuring numerous dark brown bands that criss-cross the body, each surrounded with small yellow speckles. The Gravel Pygmy Gecko was first spotted on a ...

Thousands of tokay geckos (Gekko gecko), native to South and Southeast Asia, are sold each year in Hong Kong’s traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacies. Recent studies have raised questions ...

A 4-year-old Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko recently underwent treatment for skin cancer at the Zoo’s veterinary hospital Mike Bock In March 2025, a Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko received a first ...