The creature is small, somewhat furtive and green. Sometimes it’s brown. It has a voracious appetite for insects and spiders but is completely harmless to people. It clings to walls and screens and ...

Nature expresses itself most vividly through colour, and lizards are among one of its most striking artists. From electric ...

To the less discerning eye, it could be a leaf shrivelling up on a tree fighting the onset of the first autumn chill. But this amazing form is in fact a lizard which can camouflage itself so well that ...

Conservation staff on the DOC Poneke area-managed Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington Harbour are preparing for an exciting arrival on Friday’s 10 am ferry sailing. 15 rare Wellington green geckos, seven ...

At first glance, it looks like just another autumn leaf - but look closer at the picture and suddenly tiny feet and the shape of a lizard's head will begin to emerge from above the branch. For this ...

An elusive Wellingtonian has made a surprise re-appearance after an absence of nearly 30 years. Once widespread throughout the Region, the Wellington green gecko has been in gradual decline for many ...

A vibrantly colored gecko plays a key role in a highly threatened ecological community in Mauritius, reports new research published in American Naturalist. Studying plant-animal interactions in ...

Geckos and lizards may look similar, but they are not exactly the same. All geckos are a type of lizard, but not all lizards are geckos. Geckos have some special features like sticky toe pads to climb ...