The El Paso park’s staff welcome its growth, but express concerns about littering that makes daily cleanup a time-consuming ...

Gila woodpeckers are among the most charismatic residents, their zebra-striped backs and red caps making them easy to ...

Arizona is home to many reptiles, but have you ever spotted this incredibly rare lizard? It's only found in one Phoenix park.

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Scientists are in a race against time to document and safeguard the diversity of lizards that live on the island and its neighbors, before predators gobble them all up. Ibiza wall lizards (Podarcis ...

After millions of years of evolutionary isolation, Madagascar developed an unparalleled array of wildlife, and recent research has uncovered an unsung ecological hero: the lizard. Though often ...

The Desert Botanical Garden is one of Phoenix’s top tourist attractions, one of the best gardens in the country according to Vogue magazine and an all-around local gem that’s been delighting visitors ...

Crunch. Crackle. Crack. There’s a final creak as centuries of petrified rock and the Earth’s calcified crust crumble beneath my boots. The exposed layers are startling in their crude condition.

Officially, he is known as bobcat No. 15, but you can call him Sweetwater. The young male wandered into a trap on the west side of Tucson on Feb. 11. Now he’s a test subject in a research study of ...