GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz. — Cases of two zoonotic diseases, rabies and Hantavirus, have been reported at the Grand Canyon.

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

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They prey mostly on rodents, rabbits, other snakes, birds and eggs. They live up to 15 or so years old. There are two subspecies in Arizona, the Sonoran Gopher Snake and the Great Basin Gopher Snake.

Rats are well known for carrying diseases. And as they migrate in cities, they spread bacteria that could be life-threatening to humans, according to a six-year study co-authored by Nate Stone, a ...

Researchers at Northern Arizona University used molecular tools to get a genomic sequence, which they found to be nearly identical to a sequence obtained in three different rats spanning multiple ...

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Back in Arizona, more homeowners might catch sight of a rattlesnake on their land in the coming years. Every spring, in particular, the snakes roam far and wide, looking for mates.