While a drier and hotter landscape puts many wildlife at risk, roadrunners can take advantage of a warming world thanks to number of adaptive traits. For one, they’re able to obtain water from their ...

Encountering rattlesnake venom is something many of us would prefer to avoid. But for a research team from the University of South Florida, this venom may hold the key to species evolution and ...

Climate change is making the Western United States drier, which can fuel wildfires like those affecting Los Angeles. With higher temperatures come parched landscapes full of vegetation that can ...

This part of Oregon has the dry, high desert climate rattlesnakes like to inhabit. Although you're more likely to see a bear or bobcat in this area, rattlesnake sightings are not unheard of.

While it's not every day people see a rattlesnake in Oregon, the venomous reptile is common in certain parts of the state.. Western rattlesnakes are known to inhabit areas of Oregon where the ...

Western rattlesnakes are known to inhabit areas of Oregon where the climate is much dryer, particularly the desert-like landscapes of the central and eastern parts of the state — places that ...