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So , the next time you come upon one of those iconic landscape scenes of the North American deserts , just lie with that a chuckwalla or two are most probable carry on their life ’s story within the many tornado and crevices that you see there . Their ability to hold out and thrive within this harsh environment is testimony to the many unequalled and specialized species of brute find across the amazing Earth .

chuckwalla

a closeup of a fossil

A close-up of a Plains vizcacha

Artist illustration of the newfound dinosaur species Duonychus tsogtbaatari with two long sickle-shaped claws pulling a tree branch towards its mouth.

The wooly devil (Ovicula biradiata), a flowering plant that appears soft and fuzzy.

Wandering Salamander (Aneides vagrans)

A Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) resting on a coconut palm on the island of Fiji in the South Pacific.

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red-headed agama lizard in tsavo national park in kenya

Collared Lizards

horned lizard

An image comparing the relative sizes of our solar system�s known dwarf planets, including the newly discovered 2017 OF201

a person holds a GLP-1 injector

A man with light skin and dark hair and beard leans back in a wooden boat, rowing with oars into the sea

an MRI scan of a brain

A photograph of two of Colossal�s genetically engineered wolves as pups.

an abstract image of intersecting lasers

Split image of an eye close up and the Tiangong Space Station.