The state of Nevada is almost entirely covered in ... be able to respond to any emergency that may arise from the desert plants, animals, or elements. Read more: 20 Types Of Snakes, Ranked By ...

Of all the wildlife in Nevada, only one venomous snake is commonly ... body and darker markings that help it blend into the sandy desert habitat. Sidewinders move with a distinctive side-to ...

these snakes prefer southern and central Nevada. They're typically found in Nye, Esmeralda, Lincoln and Clark counties.

The figure alarms conservationists and state wildlife officials and underscores Nevada’s uniqueness in ... which eventually become someone’s pet desert iguana, chuckwalla or desert horned ...

After months of running with a pack of coyotes in the Nevada desert, a dog named Ghost is ... had seen Ghost among the wild animals on a near-nightly basis and had posted sightings of the all ...

LAS VEGAS— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today ... Although it once thrived across much of the Mojave Desert, the quarter-inch-long, yellow-and-black bee is now only found in seven ...

according to the University of Nevada, Reno. As a result, desert ecosystems have plants and animals uniquely adapted to conserve water. "We have to look to our past history of tens of thousands ...

But on a warm afternoon in December, 77 of these animals were captured near the town of Alpine and hauled back home to build ...

the Fish and Wildlife Service began a 60-day public comment period. Within a year, a final rule awarding protections will be issued. In Southern Nevada, the Mount Charleston blue butterfly is ...

“The Tecopa bird’s beak is a precious symbol of the vibrancy of desert wetlands ... in the Amargosa River Basin outside Death Valley, spanning from Nevada’s Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge down ...

Richard Parker wrote this essay for The Times over the winter. A longtime journalist, commentary writer and author, his ...