"Snakes always look like their body had their own mind and the head is just for decoration." ...

Southwest's hidden water ecosystems, including Heron Lake, Elephant Butte Reservoir, Pecos River, Cochiti Lake, and Bitter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The saw-scaled viper is a small desert snake whose potent hemorrhagic venom disrupts blood clotting and can cause severe internal ...

Deserts can be some of the harshest environments due to high temperatures, loose sand, and a lack of shade. Yet despite all ...

These long, scary snakes might be in your yard. But you're more likely to see them in these six snake-infested spots, WorldAtlas says. Here's where.

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 ...

Rattlesnake sightings are more common in the Coachella Valley and high desert wilderness between May 15 and June 15. If bitten, seek immediate medical attention, but do not apply ice, a tourniquet, or ...

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

The external world can indeed leave us in awe at interactions between other animals, particularly when the two which are fighting are formidable predators. One of the most interesting such ...