These Arizona animals can harm or even kill a person with bites or stings. What to know about bark scorpions, black widows, ...

The curve-billed thrasher—the common thrasher of the rich, cactus-laden Sonoran Desert—can be very conspicuous, sitting up on saguaro or cholla cactuses, making its presence known by its loud ...

Lesser long-nosed bats are migratory animals. They spend the winter in ... They can also be found in the Sonoran Desert and throughout Mexico. While they travel, these bats gather by the thousands ...

Across the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's 98 acres, you'll find 230 animal species – including hummingbirds, coyotes and string rays – along with 1,200 local plant species. Next to the ...

This is bad news for the Tucson shovel-nosed snake, a highly adapted animal that swims through sandy desert ... list” to await actual protection indefinitely. While the snake is considered a priority ...

The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is a sprawling natural sanctuary showcasing the Sonoran Desert's rugged beauty ... more than 1,000 types of plants and animals have been identified here, including ...