Geckos use a combination of techniques to race across water. This is an Inside Science story. The flat-tailed house gecko can not only stick to walls and glide through the air, but also run on water, ...

How nice it must be to skate on a pond when it’s not even frozen. Lots of insects can do it, like these water striders. Since they’re so small, surface tension holds them up. Bigger creatures, like ...

Add water aerobics to the list of the agile gecko’s athletic accomplishments. In addition to sticking to smooth walls and swinging from leaves, geckos can skitter along the surface of water. By ...

Geckos are known for being expert climbers, able to stick to any surface thanks to nearly 500,000 [corrected] tiny hair-like structures on the bottoms of their feet. Now it turns out the little ...

Flat-tailed house geckos can skitter across the surface of water – and now we know how they do it. They keep their upper body in the air by slapping hard on the water and creating pockets of air that ...

1. Introducing Geckos -- What are geckos? -- Where does the name "gecko" come from? -- Why are geckos important? -- Why should people care about geckos? -- Where do geckos live? -- What is the ...