Saguaro Park in southeastern Arizona, near Tucson, offers a landscape unlike anything you’ll see elsewhere. The park hosts ...

Two venomous snakes, the desert-dwelling Sidewinder and the African Black Mamba, showcase remarkable evolutionary adaptations ...

The amazing sidewinder rattlesnake propels itself across hot desert sand leaving twisted trails in its wake. The snake’s impressive heat vision enables it to thrive in the desert where prey is ...

Known for their unusual, sidewinding crawl across shifting desert sands, sidewinder rattlesnakes are truly one of nature’s most fascinating reptiles. But beyond their unique way of moving, these ...

Though sidewinders are a rattlesnake species, they are relatively non-threatening to humans. Add to that their mysterious sidewinding locomotion and heat vision, and you have one of the most unusual ...

A Diamondback Rattlesnake holds it's ground and goes into a coiled position along a trail in the Browns Ranch area located in an area of State Land north of Dynamite Road. People living in Arizona ...

Think twice before killing that snake. In Arizona, the law might not be on your side. While it’s perfectly natural to be startled by a slithering rattlesnake on your hike, it's illegal to kill certain ...

Gopher snakes, kingsnakes, coachwhips and glossy snakes are common nonvenomous snakes in Arizona. Nonvenomous snakes are generally harmless, they can bite if threatened. Their bites can cause minor ...

Arizona coral snakes are venomous but not aggressive. Although the venom is neurotoxic, no deaths from Arizona coral snake bites have been recorded. Sonoran Mountain kingsnakes look like coral snakes ...