Of the many species of wood rats in our country, there are only seven in the deserts. Our most common local guy is Neotoma albigula. They can grow to 15 inches!

Disturbing a desert tortoise in its native habitat is not only risky for the tortoise, it's illegal, state officials say.

Southern Utah wood rats have genetically adapted to eat the toxic leaves of the desert-hardy creosote bush, also native to ...

Temperatures are scorching in Tucson, and we still have months of warm weather ahead. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to spare yourself from the heat, and enjoy the desert after dark. To help ...

Arizona Game and Fish Department officials this week are reminding residents to leave wild tortoises alone. In Arizona, ...

Here are correct pronunciations of Tahquitz, Temalpakh, Tachevah and other Coachella Valley terms derived from the Cahuilla language.

A similar approach successfully eradicated invasive rat species from South Georgia (an island with over 30 million seabird breeding pairs) and New Zealand ’s Antipodes Islands.

The World Health Organization’s expert group says the origin of COVID-19 remains inconclusive, though most evidence still points to animal-to-human transmission.