New findings are showing that as our planet warms, desert lizards face a real energy crisis. According to an article from Phys.org, these cold-blooded creatures depend on the warmth of the sun and the ...

How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

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, which ...

Desert habitats are some of the harshest places on Earth: little water, scorching heat, and food sources loaded with salt make survival a constant battle. For chuckwallas and other desert lizards, ...

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For a moment, I thought I was looking into a mirror. An old and weathered face was staring at me. Snapping back to reality, I realized I was face to face with one of nature’s unique desert creatures, ...

The long-eared sand lizard, only found in China’s Tukai Desert, has suffered a population drop from over 40 in 2012 to about 10 in 2025, mainly due to habitat loss from tourism, solar farms, and ...