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Say the name of certain types of animals around folks, and you will assuredly get a negative response. Say “rattlesnake” while near your deer blind, say “shark” while swimming in the ocean, or say ...

A study of desert insects necessitates a division between indigenous (natural occurring) and introduced (usually by civilization). But the presence of mankind affects both. Water (especially) and food ...

A month has passed since a swarm of insects bombarded the Coachella Valley and swimming pool owners still haven't been able to get rid of the unwanted guests that are costing them hundreds of dollars ...

Although the extreme heat across the Sonoran Desert of northern Mexico and the southwestern part of the United States is about to return for another summer, the weeks leading up to summer in the ...

Arenivaga investigata is abundant in sand dunes of the Colorado desert at the foot of Mount San Jacinto, California. Measurements of temperature and humidity were made in its habitat at various depths ...

Sulfur is an essential element in plants and animals. I measured amounts of sulfur in 4 families of spiders and 22 families of insects collected from created riparian habitat next to the Colorado ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." It’s not often you ...