Desert-dwelling snakes inhabit every desert on Earth. From the Australian outback to the desert southwest in North America, you can be sure to find at least one species of potentially dangerous snake.

It’s an ecological wonderland that isn’t like your average super dry desert. It gets a lot more rain, which is why you can find more mammals and animals than in the Namib Desert, for instance.

Hyenas are weird desert animals that are capable of living to be over 40 years old and are known for their unusual features and behaviors ...

Meet the javelina, a rare tusked boar-like creature that even cougars are wary of and who are very keen on prickly pear!

The two hibernating tortoises were the only Eaton Canyon Nature Center animals to survive the fire in early January.

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 could be used to introduce students to the ecosystem of the desert and how people, plants and animals adapt to the conditions. Students could be given a list of plants or animals and asked to ...