The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.
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Scientists warn of growing crisis threatening desert wildlife: 'If we can better understand … we can better anticipate'New findings are showing that as our planet warms, desert lizards face a real energy crisis. What's happening? ...
Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...
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 ...
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Climate change driving 'cost-of-living' squeeze in lizardsDesert 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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