A new study reveals the surprising ways rattlesnakes have evolved to collect water in the desert. By Jason Bittel You are in a desert and dying of thirst. All of a sudden, storm clouds appear ...

Nevada's desert landscape is truly breathtaking. It's also home to several creatures, some of which you should definitely be ...

Desert invertebrates adapt remarkably to harsh conditions using venom, camouflage, and unique hunting techniques for survival ...

The Masters' snake, known to be sensitive to fire, has been found on private, unburnt land in the Victorian Mallee.

The new species of African house snake is known from only one specimen, a roughly 10-inch long juvenile snake caught “in high-altitude semiarid” part of Somaliland, the study said. It has a ...

Rattlesnakes can be found across the entire range of the Americas, from southern Canada to central Argentina. However, they are most abundant and diverse in the desert regions of the southwestern ...

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 American dream of owning a suburban home has led millions to settle on the outskirts of Tucson and Phoenix; today, more than 80 percent of Arizona's swiftly growing population lives in the Sonoran ...

Photo from Yasin Yusuf via Unsplash At first glance, the young creature caught in a desert of eastern Africa ... yet often misidentified group of snakes known as African House snakes, they wrote ...