Like this fennec fox, nocturnal behavior makes sense for animals living in blistering desert heat—cooler night temperatures stop them from overheating when exerting themselves. Photograph by ...

The theropod Velociraptor in the Gobi Desert had an intermediate eye shape. Open the Youtube video "Nocturnal activity, digging ability, and long hind limbs are all features of animals that live ...

but monitoring for the rare animal continues. "It is plausible that a small, nocturnal species could be evading detection in the vast inland desert. In fact, this species was previously a ...

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 ...

Nocturnal animals tend to have proportionally bigger eyes than humans do. They also tend to have pupils that open more widely in low light. So, at the outset, nocturnal eyes gather more light than ...

A report about nocturnal animals and birds and their adaptations. The report shows footage of barn owls, mice, hedgehogs, bats, badgers, moles and worms. Students could become nature detectives ...

When we included the animal’s smaller size ... “It is plausible that a small, nocturnal species could be evading detection in the vast inland desert. In fact, this species was previously ...

“When we included the animal’s smaller size ... “It is plausible that a small, nocturnal species could be evading detection in the vast inland desert,” Vera Weisbecker, one of the study ...

The nocturnal Arabian death scorpion has ... This could be used to introduce students to the ecosystem of the desert and how people, plants and animals adapt to the conditions.