Discover the Mojave Desert's location, unique climate, fascinating geology, and iconic Joshua trees. Explore facts about ...

The five-lined skink is the only native New Jersey lizard that is found throughout the state.

While a drier and hotter landscape puts many wildlife at risk, roadrunners can take advantage of a warming world thanks to number of adaptive traits. For one, they’re able to obtain water from their ...

Florida has dozens of nonnative lizard species that are bigger, faster and stronger than native species. They have teeth, and some have bad attitudes. Here’s a look at which ones can actually… ...

Nile monitor lizard Nile monitor lizards are an invasive and non-native species spotted throughout Florida. In 2003, there was a Nile monitor lizard sighting in Vero Beach.

The Las Vegas Desert Dogs announced the introduction of Senate Bill 305, a legislative initiative aimed at officially sanctioning lacrosse as a sport in Nevada.

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned by starvation because of drought.

How are desert lizards impacted by increased temperatures resulting from climate change? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Human remains found in a desert more than a year ago have been identified as a missing Nevada man, prompting a murder investigation, deputies say. Using genetic genealogy, the remains were ...

Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — In the remote Nevada desert, a group of individuals is living off the grid, preparing for a potential societal collapse. Known as Fortitude Ranch, this community is ...