In the animal kingdom, few are as sticky as geckos. Their ability to scamper up walls and across ceilings is delightful to ...

Geckos are able to maintain a grip on wet surfaces not because their toe pads repel water, but because they attract it. A new ...

A gecko’s attraction to surfaces like walls, ceilings and branches depends on thousands of tiny hair-like structures called setae on the bottom of the lizard’s toes. The setae have even smaller ...

Gecko feet are covered in tiny little bristles or hairs called setae, which interact with the molecules of different surfaces to create an electric attraction called van der Waals force.