In the Southwestern part of the United States, there is one type of meat that stands out. Known colloquially as "desert ...

An Arizona company that relocates rattlesnakes found near homes this week shared an image with an arrow pointing to the location of a southwestern speckled rattlesnake in camouflage. We’ve ...

If there’s anything worse than finding a rattlesnake on your porch, it’s not seeing it but knowing it’s lurking — nearby. Such was the challenge issued when an Arizona snake catching ...

A team of herpetologists led by Joe Collins, a former Kansas University professor, found two massasaugas — a kind of small rattlesnake — Saturday morning in far southwest Douglas County ...

Oases in the desert, Southwestern streams are among the most delicate ecosystems on the planet. In these shallow, ephemeral waters, species like the Mexican garter snake once carved out a precarious ...

The narrow-headed garter snake is a nonvenomous snake found in and near the cool, clear headwater streams of the U.S. Southwest. With its stripeless, grayish-colored body, it has been called “drab” in ...

The test subjects included western diamondbacks, a southwestern speckled rattlesnake, a black-tailed rattlesnake, a Sonoran Desert sidewinder, a tiger rattlesnake and “a trio of tiny newborn ...

They inhabit all the deserts around the globe, from Australia's outback to the vast arid territories of North America's Southwest. Unlike mammals, snakes are cold-blooded and don't need much water ...

Arizona Black Rattlesnakes, native to the Southwestern U.S., are remarkable for their rapid color-changing ability, aiding in thermoregulation, camouflage, and signaling. This transformation ...