From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2015. One warm early summer evening I heard a huge racket outside in the driveway. From a second story deck I looked down and ...

One warm early summer evening I heard a huge racket outside in the driveway. From a second story deck I looked down and there were a group of cactus wrens surrounding a large rattlesnake stretched out ...

Deserts are among the most extreme and hostile environments on Earth, with extreme temperatures, minimal rainfall, and ...

A little Saharan lizard "swims" through desert sands by undulating its body in a series of wave-like motions, a new study finds. The sandfish (Scincus scincus) is a small lizard typically about 4 ...

Dan Massey bends down and shines a flashlight into the narrow mouth of a rock outcropping, about 100 feet up a hill. It’s a known den for black-tailed rattlesnakes. One is coiled close to the opening ...

Mojave Greens, Sidewinders, rattlers- the Mojave Desert is writhed with native snake species. Some, like the California Kingsnake and gopher snake, are harmless; others, like the Southern Pacific ...

Alex Goligoski got a phone call this summer from his landscaper, notifying him that a monsoon storm had blown through his neighborhood and popped open a door on his house. He didn’t think much of it ...