Guinea Pigs are small rodents found in mountainous regions. They dig burrows in the soil and communicate by whistling. Their ...

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Rodeo season is quickly approaching. Every Tucson parent knows what that means: a day off of school for the kids. : Keep them ...

Desert lizards are facing a ‘cost-of-living ... to an increase in the “cost of living,” but transposed to the animal world. "Cost-of-living is a concept humans are all too aware of ...

While exploring how best to design robots that use tails to reorient their bodies in midair, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University of California San Diego found that ...

As the weather changes and spring approaches, Arizona residents may see more animals, including Gila monsters, snakes and more. Here's what to know.

African desert lizards will have to expend more energy to survive ... we can better anticipate the species most at risk and act accordingly,” says Dr Wild. Like many other animal species, lizards are ...

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The idea stems from an existing series by author Jerry Pallotta, an award-winning author who has dabbled in everything from alphabet books to nonfiction nature examinations to series on holidays and ...

The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...

very few parts of the Big Desert get to be old growth." While searching for the Masters' snake, researchers have also found other threatened animals including skinks, frogs, goannas, spiders and ...

While often mistaken for the North American desert horned lizard, the thorny devil belongs to the Lacertilia: Agamidae family, distinct from other "horned lizard" species. Unlike some lizards with ...