The lone female gecko was found at night on a rock “near the base of a karstic cliff-face.” Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories.

ACAP bent-toed geckos were found at night “on roadside walls and along stone wall fences,” near a suspension bridge, on rock walls and on plants near a “drainage channel,” the study said.

In the towering, rocky desert mountains of Tibet, boulders offer refuge to elusive small creatures. As nocturnal reptiles, these animals spend their days escaping the hot and dry environment until ...

A male Cnemaspis enneaporus, or Sai Yok rock gecko. Photo from Rujirawan, Aksornneam, Yodthong, Pawangkhanant, Stuart and Aowphol (2025) The lizards “superficially” resembled a known species ...