So far, Willi’s giant geckos have only been found at one site in central New Caledonia, a French island territory east of Australia. The new species was identified by its size, coloring and DNA ...

The New Caledonian crow can lay claim to being one ... it is not common ancestry but “convergent evolution”, in which unrelated species develop comparable behaviours and traits, that gives ...

New Caledonian Crested Gecko. Image by Lennart Hudel ... Image by Fir0002 via Wikimedia Commons. These Lazarus species remind us that nature is full of surprises. Just when we think a species has been ...

The Caledonia waterfall ... Due to his many discoveries of new species, some are now named after him, such as Sphaerodactylus beattyi, which is endemic to St. Croix. Known also as Saint Croix’s ...

the Caledonian quail and the introduced white-eyed whitethroat. Mammals include sperm whale, humpback whale, grinda, dugong, and beaked whale. Terrestrial reptiles include geckos and blind snakes, sea ...

As darkness seeped across the mountains of Nepal, a “long”-fingered creature with “green-grey” eyes emerged from its hiding ...

As night fell across Nepal, a “long”-limbed creature emerged from its hiding place and climbed along some rocks near a ...

They took a closer look at the animals and realized they’d discovered a new species: Cyrtodactylus karanshahi, or Karan’s bent-toed gecko. A Cyrtodactylus karanshahi, or Karan’s bent-toed gecko.

They took a closer look at the animals, tested their DNA and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis, or the Chitwan bent-toed gecko. A Cyrtodactylus ...

A team of wildlife researchers including Tejas Thackeray—son of former chief minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray—has discovered three new species of bent-toed geckos (Cyrtodactylus ...