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Known for their unusual, sidewinding crawl across shifting desert sands, sidewinder rattlesnakes are truly one of nature’s ...

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The Phoenix Zoo is creating an "air-conditioned habitat" to protect native lizards from rising desert temperatures.

Extreme heat and drought are putting new pressures on wildlife in Arizona, even species that have adapted to desert conditions over thousands of years. A biologist who studies rattlesnakes had never ...

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Arizona’s third-hottest summer on record is proving fatal for even the most resilient desert species, as saguaros and ...

Animal rescuers in Ontario are trying to find the owner of a large exotic reptile -- a desert kingsnake -- found wandering ...

Arizona's rising summer heat may be more than even desert wildlife can handle. In response, the Phoenix Zoo is creating an air-conditioned habitat to protect them.