Articles for tag: Biomimicry, evolutionary traits, gecko toes, nature’s design

Bright and detailed close-up of a leopard gecko eyeing a mealworm outdoors.

The Gecko With Velcro-Like Toes That Defy Gravity

Suhail Ahmed

On a humid night in a coastal village, I watched a house gecko stroll across a cracked kitchen ceiling like it owned the place, pausing upside down above a fluorescent bulb as moths fluttered below. That tiny pause – no glue, no suction cup – masks one of biology’s most counterintuitive tricks. For decades, scientists ...