For years, researchers have been trying to build a robot that mimics the gecko lizard's ability to scale walls and ceilings of any texture, even glass. But duplicating the specialized biology of the ...

Researchers view, for the first time, the protein and lipid molecules on the surface of the microscopic structures that give geckos their grip. The new images, created using a synchrotron microscope ...

Here in Florida, the land of many a reptile, it's not so unusual to find a gecko in your bathtub. “What makes gecko feet stick are tiny hairlike structures on their toe pads called setae,” Robert ...

For humans and other mammals, hair plays three major roles: insulation, protection, and sensation of stimuli in the environment. On the other hand (or foot, as in the case of this beetle), insects ...

Kellar Autumn of Lewis & Clark College studies gecko adhesion and provides the following explanation: Geckos have arrays of millions of microscopic hairs, or setae, on the bottoms of their feet. Each ...

Geckos are famous for their ability to scale vertical walls and even hang upside down, and now scientists understand more about how the expert climbers can pull off these gravity-defying feats: Geckos ...

How do key innovations in the animal kingdom arise? To explore this question, gecko expert Timothy Higham, an associate professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside, led a team of ...

Scientists already understood the mechanics of gecko adhesion. Now they have a clearer picture of the molecular structures that give the animal its grip Geckos are famous for having grippy feet that ...