World Habitat Day serves as a reminder of the urgent need to protect the natural world in an increasingly urban landscape. While cities are often seen as places of concrete and congestion, they can ...

ATLANTA (Sept. 29, 2024) — Habitat for Humanity teams are assessing homes damaged by Hurricane Helene as the organization prepares its response, with a focus on aiding the long-term recovery of ...

The brightly spotted tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) appears to have a hidden sensory talent akin to a “sixth sense”. The geckos can use a part of the inner ear associated with maintaining balance ...

The study's lead author Dawei Han, a postdoctoral researcher and former graduate student at UMD, says that the discovery of the saccule's role in gecko hearing may lead to a better understanding ...

3 in the peer-reviewed journal Vertebrate Zoology. They suspected a known species of gecko with three “isolated populations” was actually several different species grouped together.

A mining company has been accused of destroying koala habitat and illegally mining coal at a site in Queensland, without government approval. Vitrinite denies breaching the law and says the works ...

“Finding Habitat (for Humanity) and knowing that they work with lower income homes was amazing.” Campos became a third-generation Habitat homeowner last year, building her own home and those ...

They captured a few of the unfamiliar-looking animals and, after taking a closer look, realized they’d discovered a new species: Asaccus authenticus, or the Bandar-e Jask leaf-toed gecko.

The salmonella strain of that outbreak was traced back to a gecko habitat at a home of a person who got sick.

This week, thousands of volunteers, including some big celebrities, will put their hard hats and hammers to good use to build dozens of homes for Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. Construction on ...