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 ...

Deserts are among the most extreme and hostile environments on Earth, with extreme temperatures, minimal rainfall, and sometimes severe flash floods when it does rain. These are hostile environments ...

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

A tiny gopher snake with a hiss worse than its bite was caught on video in Arizona trying to intimidate someone with the raspy wheeze of a chain smoker. Stranger still, the snake was a newborn, only ...

Worthington is the lead receptionist at Scottsdale Animal Hospital on Pima and Legacy roads in North Scottsdale. This is exactly the kind of Scottsdale neighborhood that used to be pure desert, home ...