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](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/121521_JC_spider-gecko_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
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