The Gold Dust Day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) is a 4 to 5 inches lizard found on all major islands of Hawaii. However, despite common belief, it is not a native species of Hawaii. It actually ...

Geckos are ubiquitous throughout the Hawaiian Islands today, but that was not always the case. Though lizards can colonize islands by clinging to drifting trees and plant material, the Hawaiian ...

After discovering the reptile was the one behind the calls, the animal hospital offered it a job Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

HONOLULU (AP) --If you got incessant phone calls last week from a hospital that cares for Hawaiian monk seals, you were butt-dialed. Or, more specifically, foot-dialed. By a gecko. Marine mammal ...

If you got incessant phone calls last week from a hospital that cares for Hawaiian monk seals, you were butt-dialed. Or, more specifically, foot-dialed. By a gecko. Marine mammal veterinarian Claire ...

Hawaii News Now is calling it the “most Hawaii thing ever.” According to the site, a gecko that padded its way on to a touchscreen phone was the accidental culprit behind lots of prank phone calls (or ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HONOLULU— If you got incessant phone calls ...

This Oct. 3, 2018, photo provided by The Marine Mammal Center hospital director Claire Simeone shows a gecko on a phone at the center in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. The gecko is the culprit in making ...