Beneath the relentless sun of Chile's Atacama Desert, tiny geckos hide a remarkable secret. New genomic research, led by the University of Wollongong's (UOW) Kamryn Carter, has discovered that these ...

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, ...