New findings are showing that as our planet warms, desert lizards face a real energy crisis. What's happening? ...

Reptiles in Oregon's high desert are quite widespread, though few are especially common. You may see lots at some times and ...

Researchers have proposed that Fiji's native iguanas reached the islands by travelling nearly 8,000 kilometers on mats of ...

The trek—from the North American desert to Fiji—now represents the longest known migration of any terrestrial animal.

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 ...

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 ...

Uromastyx lizards are well suited to thrive in extreme weather conditions in a desert. They’ve specifically adapted to the drastic temperature differences between hot days and cold nights.

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 ...

lizards, and birds, even in total darkness. Through this adaptation, they become very efficient hunters in their desert habitat. It employs great camouflage: The sidewinder's color pattern and ...

Arizona State University School of Life Sciences researchers and their collaborators may have a new tool to help conserve the Mojave Desert tortoise -- an iconic desert reptile in the Southwestern ...