Created by former President Joe Biden just days before he left office, Chuckwalla National Monument will further protect desert habitat in Southern California.

and is home to 50-plus rare species of plants and animals like the desert bighorn sheep and the Chuckwalla lizard — which the monument is named for, the White House said in a statement.

Reptiles are a diverse animal classification group of scaly, cold-blooded vertebrates that can be found in habitats all around the world. Crocodiles, snakes, turtles and lizards belong to the ...