MARIBOJOC, BOHOL , Philippines — Catching and trading of house-dwelling lizards, known as tokay gecko or locally called "tuko," have been banned by the municipal government. Mayor Leoncio Evasco has ...

In recent months, the hunting of Tokay Geckos or Tuko in the Filipino language has become a craze in the Philippines, because of reports that online traders have been buying these lizards for a large ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. President Rodrigo Duterte’s had to briefly stop his speech in Capiz on Thursday when a sound coming from a gecko ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Tuesday told the public to refrain from catching and ...

MANILA, Philippines—After a cockroach and a fly interrupted his speech, President Rodrigo Duterte was again unceremoniously pestered Thursday, this time by a loud gecko (tuko) sound at the ...

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines—The tuko has been making a lot of noise in the wildlife trade—and conservationists don’t like what they’re hearing. Environment officials here are looking into reports that ...