Crested Gecko. Image by Lennart Hudel ... extremely dusty or dirty environments where particles can interfere with the setae. To combat this, gecko feet are self-cleaning, shedding dirt as they pick ...

Rachael Stuckey gets more than a few double takes when she takes her two pet skunks to Home Depot or stops by the Starbucks drive-through for a pup cup.

Those looking for a long-term animal companion should consider forgoing the more standard cat or dog in favor of one of these ...

Essentially, the tufts of tiny hairs on gecko feet get so close to the contours in walls and ceilings that electrons from the ...

Traditional anti-slip materials, such as natural rubber, repel water. But on ice, this approach can backfire. The pressure ...

Geckos are able to maintain a grip on wet surfaces not because their toe pads repel water, but because they attract it. A new ...

Previous studies of gecko feet have led to new ideas for developing more effective anti-slip polymers. Those works found that their footpad’s stickiness comes from hydrophilic capillary-enhanced ...

Join Mumble the Emperor Penguin and friends as the show that not everyone dances to the beat of the same drummer.