In a 2011 study, scientists declared that tortoises living north and west of the Colorado River — the Mojave population now called Agassiz's desert tortoises, or Gopherus agassizii — are officially a ...
To protect the Tucson shovel-nosed snake, the Center and the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection first petitioned to protect it under the Endangered Species Act in 2004. In 2010 the U.S. Fish and ...
This bat species is part of the leaf-nosed bat ... north as southern Arizona and New Mexico. They can also be found in the Sonoran Desert and throughout Mexico. While they travel, these bats ...
Camera operator Michael Male filming a packrat at its nest, Sonoran Desert. Photographer: Paul Williams we found someone's pet ... It may have been hunting the one animal that uses cholla to ...
The curve-billed thrasher—the common thrasher of the rich, cactus-laden Sonoran Desert—can be very conspicuous, sitting up on saguaro or cholla cactuses, making its presence known by its loud ...
The Sonoran ... for both animals and people, with its fruits being harvested to make a variety of wines, candies, and other delicacies. The modern food scene in the Sonoran Desert doesn't solely ...