Desert lizards are facing a ‘cost-of-living’ squeeze as global temperatures continue to rise, a new study finds. For a lizard, the 'cost-of-living' is tightly linked to its body temperature ...
A lizard's 'cost-of-living' is closely related to its body temperature, which determines both how much food it requires and whether it can go outside to feed. Desert lizards face unique challenges ...
Since then we've been fighting to protect desert tortoises and their habitat from development, off-road vehicles, oil and gas development, grazing, disastrous relocation projects, and much more. We ...
D: [CHUCKLES] Almost. The discovery solved one mystery about how desert reptiles get enough water. Have you ever wondered why animals living in the desert aren’t thirsty al the time?
Pronghorn antelope, mule deer and grey fox roam the vast grasslands of the northern desert, while roadrunners, reptiles, jackrabbits and eagles live in the desert scrub. Little rain falls in the ...
These geckos have adapted their webbed feet not only to help them stay atop, but to bury beneath the dunes of the Namib Desert. Strictly nocturnal lizards, they spend the day in self-dug burrows ...