The official state reptile of Nevada has been classified as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act since 1990, ...

Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

Scientists discovered troubling news about the Gila monster, one of the most beloved reptiles in the Southwestern United States. A warming climate could make it much harder for them to survive, ...

Beneath the relentless sun of Chile's Atacama Desert, tiny geckos hide a remarkable secret. New genomic research, led by the University of Wollongong's (UOW) Kamryn Carter, has discovered that these ...

Sahara is a desert commonly perceived to be a massive expanse of sand and devoid of life, but research reveals that this ...

PHOENIX — Fossils from the Petrified Forest National Park, in northern Arizona, revealed a new reptile species that thrived during the Triassic Period. Paleontologists and partners with the ...

Khaberni - The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature team has recorded through the Aqaba Bird Observatory the sighting ...