The American dream of owning a suburban home has led millions to settle on the outskirts of Tucson and Phoenix; today, more than 80 percent of Arizona's swiftly growing population lives in the Sonoran ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for once again denying protection to Tucson shovel-nosed snakes ...

The population of a seldom-seen snake native to the Tucson area is thin enough to make it an endangered species, but it won't be protected as one - at least for now. The Tucson shovel-nosed snake - ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel sided with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday to deny Endangered Species Act protections to the Tucson shovel-nosed snake, ruling ...

Rattlesnakes are supposedly nobody’s pals. They are rarely included in the list of desert inhabitants that are routinely hailed and heralded. Some two-legged desert rats have even been known to stop ...

TUCSON, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - This story is like a scene from a movie. An Arizona woman returned home from vacation to an unexpected guest, a snake in her toilet! She called a local rattlesnake company who ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a medication that will delay the effects of venomous snake bites. A mixture of carbon monoxide and iron has been shown to inhibit the the ...

Mention the word in most social functions, and two distinct camps quickly become apparent--those who want to make them disappear, rapidly and permanently, and those who acknowledge their place in the ...

A 13-year-old girl was hospitalized Thursday after a snake bit her at a Tucson park. According to Tucson Fire, the girl was bitten at Christopher Columbus Park, 4600 N. Silverbell Road. TFD medics ...

PHOENIX -- A federal judge granted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's motion for summary judgment, rejecting an environmental group's demand that it protect the Tucson shovel-nosed snake under the ...