Each fall, athletic director Penny Naugle tells her students at Indian Harbour Beach Montessori School that if they turn up with costumes to run in the Ghostly Gecko 5K, she will come in costume too. ...

They stick like glue. Then they unstick. Gecko feet, to scientists, are the bomb. For years, engineers have been trying to unlock the secrets of how geckos climb walls. Some efforts work, some don't.

“It’s giant!” said 3-year-old Christopher Moore as his family’s new pet ball python wound its way over his shoulder and around his waist. The Moore’s purchased their exotic pet during the Indiana ...