Funded by over $10,000 in donations from people around the state, she and her team were the first ones to fully sequence the genome of Arizona's favorite reptile. >> Live, local, breaking.

The camouflaged reptile remained hidden until the homeowner noticed that “one of the rocks looked a little off.” ...

The reptile was seen around 6:45 a.m. on the side of the freeway near Cave Creek Road, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said. Shortly after the lizard was spotted, DPS troopers tried to ...

Arizona Black Rattlesnakes, native to the Southwestern U.S., are remarkable for their rapid color-changing ability, aiding in ...

When it comes to finding deadly reptiles, geography is everything. Arizona’s Saguaro National Park is situated in the Sonoran desert, which is known for its diversity of dangerous snakes and ...

He then gave 11 types of Arizona rattlesnakes a 10-hour block of ... that are less than a week old.” Any one of the snakes — the biggest of which was 3 feet long — has the capability to ...

Cattle grazing has damaged nearly 60% of threatened northern Mexican garter snake critical habitat on public lands in Arizona and New Mexico, according to a report released today by the Center for ...

The Center for Biological Diversity says it will continue to seek protections for the animal in the near future.