This is a crested gecko, named for the spiny ridge that runs along its back and head, all the way to its eyes. These lizards are expert climbers and can use their padded feet to grip almost any ...

Photos from Liu, Hou, Mo, Li, Li, Luo, Rao and Li (2025) A Sebastapistes monospina, or tropical single-spined scorpionfish ... or Chitwan bent-toed gecko. Photo from Akshay Khandekar In central ...

And what he found out is a bit unexpected. The species featured in this program include the northern velvet gecko, the eastern spiny-tailed gecko and the native house gecko.

Scientists investigating a widespread and sudden die-off of long-spined sea urchins that spread nonstop for much of 2022 across the Caribbean and Florida have identified a tiny parasite as the killer.