This is important because the incident is not isolated. A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health suggests changes in ...

Think twice before killing that snake. In Arizona, the law might not be on your side. While it’s perfectly natural to be startled by a slithering rattlesnake on your hike, it's illegal to kill certain ...

In Arizona, rattlesnakes aren’t just desert dwellers — they’re practically celebrities. With 13 species slithering around, they’ve earned their spot as an unofficial symbol of the Southwest. The ...

Extreme heat and drought are putting new pressures on wildlife in Arizona, even species that have adapted to desert conditions over thousands of years. A biologist who studies rattlesnakes had never ...

A familiar rattlesnake slithered into a biologist’s campsite near a ghost town in Arizona. Turns out, the biologist moved the same rattlesnake out of the same camp four years earlier, the Arizona Game ...

Welcome to Snake Week 2025 at azcentral.com. Every day from June 23 through June 29, Ultimate Arizona reporter Tiffany Acosta will bring you a new story about Arizona's favorite slithering reptiles.