Sneaking through the southwestern United States and Mexican deserts, the Mojave rattlesnake has a dreaded reputation as being one of the most venomous snakes in the world. Having the powerful ...

Hitting the desert trails often is a Southern Nevada spring hiker’s key to keeping company with lizards. After hiding for months from winter’s cooler temperatures, western zebra-tailed lizards have ...

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 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin has received a new federal designation that advocates hope will help protect vulnerable wildlife like the Mojave ...

Imagine a scene in a movie about the Old West, where the characters are in a desperate search for water in the desert, stumbling across a barren landscape under a scorching sun, and carrying an empty ...

A federal judge has partly ruled in favor of environmental groups challenging what one called a vast "spaghetti" network of popular off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert, which they charge are ...