TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most ...

Llamas are cute, but what makes them even better human companions is their gentleness and empathy. People from their native ...

South America is home to a diverse amount of wildlife. From the Amazon rainforest to the arid deserts of Chile, South America ...

Isolation allows creatures to thrive as their relatives perish due to the threats present on much larger landmasses ...

Closeup a Cute Andean Fox or Zorro Culpeo Relaxing in Desert Brush Field of the Chilean Altiplano, Northern Chile, South America. Image via depositphotos. In a heartening conservation success story, ...

A new VEG ER for Pets hospital opened today in Palm Desert, bringing 24/7 emergency care for pets to the Coachella Valley. The facility ends a two-year gap in local emergency animal services.

This American restaurant offers good value with prices in the middle range, creating what they call “a beer and food oasis in the desert.” Their goal of providing “a funky and delicious dose of ...

Unlike their tree-dwelling relatives, several owl species have developed the remarkable behavior of nesting underground. These burrowing owls, primarily found in North and South American desert ...

Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on floating vegetation. CNN values your feedback 1.

The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely related to the North American desert iguana, having separated about 34 ...

The study shows that, at some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific islands following a 5,000-mile voyage from the western ...

Shutterstock These Desert Creatures Are Pure Arizona Arizona’s resident wild animals are as tough and amazing as the desert itself. Take that photo, for one – that’s a bird chilling on a cactus.