Watch geckos race across water | Science News

When it comes to walking on water, it’s different strokes for different folks. Light insects use surface tension, heavy lizards slap like clumsy swimmers, and mid-weight geckos do both. Here’s how that works. Read more: CREDITS Story: Laurel Hamers Production : Helen Thompson Video Geckos: Courtesy of UC Berkeley Media Relations, J. Nirody et al/Current Biology 2018 Basilisk lizard: Tonia Hsieh, A Minetti et al/ PLoS ONE 2012