Antarctica's cold deserts have some of the least diverse fauna in the world.

Ectotherms also use burrows as a means to keep warm in the cold desert nights.

Sure, it's a cold dry desert now, but it once had liquid water, maybe even oceans.

Because of the cold desert like conditions on the plateaus there are very little plants and animals.

The chase continued for what seemed like forever through the cold desert night.

But there were no flies, for few insects prospered in this cold desert.

Its natural habitats are rocky areas and cold desert.

The Yak is mostly seen in the cold desert.

Some cold deserts have a short season of above-freezing temperatures.

Other regions of the world have cold deserts too, for instance high altitude areas like the Himalayas.