This species is a master escape artist. It's extremely fast. It can lose its tail and grow a new one. And most unusually, it can shed its huge... This newly discovered gecko species from Madagascar is ...

The little, nudist creature has really big scales, which are shed alongside a layer of skin cells whenever the gecko is under stress. It’s a defense mechanism: if a predator grabs the gecko, the ...

Like a pair of Velcro stripper pants, gecko tails come off easy. The lizards have pre-formed score lines in their tail that allow them to quickly rip off their tails when a predator has grabbed it, ...

Tearaway skin is not the only thing that makes these creatures unique—they are also one of only a few species of gecko that have large, fish-like scales. "What's really remarkable though is that these ...

Geckolepis megalepis can shed its skin and scales — the largest of any gecko — in order to flee a predator. This newly discovered gecko species from Madagascar is a master escape artist. It's ...