In the garden of a hotel in northern Madagascar, a “large” creature with “slit-like” ear openings perched on a tree. Its ...

“And this is a humble, drab brown gecko that’s not famous at all.” There are a few reasons it may have lived so long – the main one being that Motunau Island is predator-free, without any ...

The gecko is pale grey to pink in colour, featuring numerous dark brown bands that criss-cross the body, each surrounded with ...