Monitor lizards, known as goannas in some parts of the world, ... Monitors that are native to desert climates are normally orange or yellow, while those that live near water or in trees are dark.

The Desert Monitor, the largest lizard species in Morocco, inhabits the country’s Saharan zones and the Atlas Mountains, an area stretching between Tan-Tan and Figuig in northeastern Morocco.

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 ...