Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Think twice before killing that snake. In Arizona, the law might not be on your side. While it’s perfectly natural to be startled ...

The Arizona black rattlesnake (Crotalus cerberus) is an unusual and fairly rare venomous species in the American southwest. Its striking physical characteristics, habits, and adaptations are ...

Murphy, a 12-year-old chihuahua, was bitten by a rattlesnake in the yard of his Gold Canyon home. He's recovering after being rushed to Arizona Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Center. The ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A unique interaction between two of Arizona's venomous creatures was captured earlier this week by a resident in north Scottsdale. A video posted on Christopher Rutz' Instagram ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.