State wildlife officials are looking for good homes for 15 desert tortoises. Why it matters: The endangered reptiles can't be ...

Some animal adaptations look like they were designed by a committee of mad scientists. The greater short-horned lizard ...

Since childhood, alumnus Jason Wallace has chased lizards in the Mojave National Preserve. His fascination for creepy-crawly creatures like western banded geckos, desert iguanas and Mojave fringe-toed ...

If you’re Indiana Jones, you might not want to attend the High Desert Reptile & Pet Expo, which will include plenty of snakes, lizards, frogs, tarantulas and other crawly things. The two-day event, ...

We desert dwellers enjoy a huge diversity of native reptiles, especially in our open spaces, with an intriguing array of lizards present during the warm seasons. Some of them move lightning-fast, ...

Hitting the desert trails often is a Southern Nevada spring hiker’s key to keeping company with lizards. After hiding for months from winter’s cooler temperatures, western zebra-tailed lizards have ...

For Bob McKeever, all of the fun starts right before sundown. McKeever, 77, is one of 16 volunteers helping Nevada’s state herpetologist, Jason Jones, cruise the roads of the Mojave Desert for ...

Sonoran desert tortoises have emerged from hibernation this spring, and many of them are in need of a place to call home. Arizona Game and Fish is offering free adoptions of these captive reptiles ...

The deadline draws near: Anyone looking to adopt a desert tortoise this year from the Arizona Game and Fish Department needs to get their application in soon before it is time for the reptiles to ...

The High Desert Reptile & Pet Expo is coming to the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds in Victorville in December. If you’re Indiana Jones, you might not want to attend the High Desert Reptile & Pet ...