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TweetPinShareStaff Reports BRYCE/EDEN – At approximately 10:12 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13,, a deputy with the Graham County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from a woman reporting an unusual …
Rattlesnake removed from local residence in late-night incident Read More TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtersy AZGFD PHOENIX – With more people getting outdoors to take advantage of the state’s warm spring weather, it’s important to keep in mind that 13 species of rattlesnakes …
Be ‘rattlesnake aware’ as temperatures increase Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Zoriah Cole/Cronkite News: Tis the season of the snakes. By Zoriah Cole/Cronkite News PHOENIX – As the temperatures rise and the sun casts its golden glow over the …
As Arizona shifts into warmer weather, beware of rattlesnakes, experts say Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Samantha Chow/Cronkite News: A Western Diamondback rattlesnake “tastes” the air at the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary in north Scottsdale on Aug. 29. By Olivia Dow/Cronkite News SCOTTSDALE – This summer’s …
Slither and bound: Rattlesnakes and toads get busy during the monsoon season Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PIMA – The spotting of a rattlesnake in the road helped contribute to a collision between a UTV and a motorcycle …
Rattlesnake contributes to UTV collision with motorcycle Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Diane Drobka: A Mohave rattlesnake coils in a defensive and threatening manner. The snake bit Diane Drobka’s dog after an encounter while hiking in the desert south of …
Editorial: Springtime brings out desert dwellers, including rattlesnakes Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – A woman who is confined to a wheelchair received an unwanted visitor in the middle of the night when she noticed a rattlesnake …
Wheelchair-bound woman has harrowing rattlesnake experience in the middle of the night Read More