Think twice before killing that snake. In Arizona, the law might not be on your side. While it’s perfectly natural to be startled by a slithering rattlesnake on your hike, it's illegal to kill certain ...

Welcome to Snake Week 2025 at azcentral.com. Every day from June 23 through June 29, Ultimate Arizona reporter Tiffany Acosta will bring you a new story about Arizona's favorite slithering reptiles.

There are 13 different kinds of rattlesnakes in Arizona. Rattlesnakes are particularly common to see from May to October. While rattlesnakes have earned a reputation for being dangerous, they ...

Rattlesnakes are common in Arizona, especially from March to October. Rattlesnakes are venomous and should be treated with caution. Most bites are not fatal with prompt medical treatment. The Mojave ...

Giving 11 venomous snakes a chance to escape inside your office sounds risky, but one of the nation’s top rattlesnake experts did just that to prove a point. The goal? To debunk the myth that ...

PHOENIX — It’s that time of year again: The temperatures are warming up and rattlesnakes are coming out of hibernation for the summer. “When the temperature rises a little bit we start to see ...

Murphy, a 12-year-old chihuahua, was bitten by a rattlesnake in the yard of his Gold Canyon home. He's recovering after being rushed to Arizona Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Center. The ...

A familiar rattlesnake slithered into a biologist’s campsite near a ghost town in Arizona. Turns out, the biologist moved the same rattlesnake out of the same camp four years earlier, the Arizona Game ...