As the days grow longer and the weather warms, hikers across Nevada are ready to lace up their boots and hit the trails.

This includes many different species of black and white snakes ... forests to desert sandhills. The wide-banded northern ...

This common desert woodpecker replaces the closely related Nuttall’s in arid regions; the 2 species are known to hybridize at a few localities in southern California. Polytypic (about 8 ssp.

Warmer weather returning to Southern Arizona is also marking the return of snake season as the Santa Rita Fire District is seeing an uptick in removal calls and the state ...

The Great Basin rattlesnake is the most common venomous snake in Northern Nevada and is found statewide. These snakes typically ... help it blend into the sandy desert habitat.