Think rattlesnakes or scorpions. Poisonous animals are harmful when you touch or eat them, such as Sonoran Desert toads or blister beetles. From the excruciating sting of the tarantula hawk wasp to ...

Lorayne Meltzer has lived along the Gulf of California for 30 years. As an ecologist and director of a binational field ...

Nestled in the Sonoran Desert and surrounded by stunning mountain ... Spend a day with the animals at Reid Park Zoo, home to over 500 animals representing 200 species from around the world.

The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is a sprawling natural sanctuary showcasing the Sonoran Desert's rugged beauty ... more than 1,000 types of plants and animals have been identified here, including ...

With more than 1,200 square miles of land area, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is the fourth-largest installation in the ...

The curve-billed thrasher—the common thrasher of the rich, cactus-laden Sonoran Desert—can be very conspicuous, sitting up on saguaro or cholla cactuses, making its presence known by its loud ...