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Here’s how spider geckos survive on Earth’s hottest landscape

Migrating insects are key to the reptiles’ survival in Iran’s Lut Desert

A Misonne’s spider geckos standing on sandy ground

Misonne’s spider geckos live in Iran’s Lut Desert, the Earth’s hottest landscape. To survive, the reptiles mostly feed on migrating insects.

Parham Beihaghi

By Jude Coleman

- More than 2 years ago

A handful of small, nocturnal geckos have spilled their guts for science, revealing how the creatures get by in a part of Earth’s hottest landscape.