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.

The colorful, venomous and mysterious Gila monster flourishes in the scorching Desert Southwest, but climate change threatens ...

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

The High Desert Reptile & Pet Expo is coming to the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds in Victorville in December. If you’re Indiana Jones, you might not want to attend the High Desert Reptile & Pet ...

Discover breathtaking reptile habitats at The Reptile Room STL, offering hands-on encounters with stunning species. Perfect ...

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

Now that the desert has warmed back up, people need to watch their step to avoid encounters with snakes. But those who actually want to get close to the slithering reptiles can attend the weekly ...

The fragile environment of the Mojave Desert has produced another candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act: the Mojave fringe-toed lizard. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and a ...

Since childhood, alumnus Jason Wallace has chased lizards in the Mojave National Preserve. His fascination for creepy-crawly creatures like western banded geckos, desert iguanas and Mojave fringe-toed ...

The number of lizard species in the flatland desert habitat is correlated with several different structural attributes of the vegetation. It is shown that both the horizontal and vertical components ...

The deadline draws near: Anyone looking to adopt a desert tortoise this year from the Arizona Game and Fish Department needs to get their application in soon before it is time for the reptiles to ...

If you’re Indiana Jones, you might not want to attend the High Desert Reptile & Pet Expo, which will include plenty of snakes, lizards, frogs, tarantulas and other crawly things. The two-day event, ...