Reptiles in Oregon's high desert are quite widespread, though few are especially common. You may see lots at some times and ...

Snakes are exclusively carnivorous, meaning that they only eat other animals — and in some cases, eggs. Their diets range ...

edwardsii, or the desert massasauga ... can make it difficult to tell Butler’s wolf snake apart from species of krait. This ...

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 ...

If you ever spot a horned snake (although god forbid), you'll see how it got its name - the presence of horns one above each eye. There are different species of a horned snake, for example, the ...

To protect the Tucson shovel-nosed snake, the Center and the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection first petitioned to protect it under the Endangered Species Act in 2004. In 2010 the U.S. Fish and ...