Steve Lake envisions a zoo no more than 25 acres, with animals that could withstand the region’s extreme summer temperatures.

graft and speculation turned a dusty desert road into the entertainment capital of the world, a 4.2-mile stretch that would eventually become known as the Las Vegas Strip. Perhaps unsurprisingly ...

Las Vegas and Reno are its most famous ... they include the desert tortoise, the desert iguana, the long-tailed brush lizard, the peregrine falcon, the American bald eagle, the desert bighorn ...