From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2015. One warm early summer evening I heard a huge racket outside in the driveway. From a second story deck I looked down and ...

Deserts are among the most extreme and hostile environments on Earth, with extreme temperatures, minimal rainfall, and sometimes severe flash floods when it does rain. These are hostile environments ...

Deserts are home to various snake species that have adapted to survive extreme conditions, from the highly venomous Inland Taipan in Australia to the colorful and non-venomous Thornscrub Hook-Nose ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The selection of an appropriate ambush site by a sit-and-wait predator is necessary for maintaining an adequate energy intake for survival and ...

One warm early summer evening I heard a huge racket outside in the driveway. From a second story deck I looked down and there were a group of cactus wrens surrounding a large rattlesnake stretched out ...

The Desert Whip Snake, or Demansia cyanochasma, a new venomous species of limbless carnivorous reptile, has been discovered through genetic testing in Central Australia. Researchers have said that his ...

A new species of venomous snake which uses its speed to chase down prey has been discovered in the outback by a team of Adelaide researchers. The desert whip snake is one of 15 new species uncovered ...

Australia's deadliest snakes are out in force in the Red Centre after a busy breeding season. An Alice Springs snake catcher says snakes are coming closer to town after recent bushfires Deadly western ...

Alex Goligoski got a phone call this summer from his landscaper, notifying him that a monsoon storm had blown through his neighborhood and popped open a door on his house. He didn’t think much of it ...