The safari was a bonus. The real reason we went to Africa was to visit my son, David, and his family. As a mining engineer, ...

Camouflage in the animal kingdom is often about blending into a colour or a general shape, but a small, remarkable group of ...

If you’re a Tucsonan of a certain age, you might have fond childhood memories of catching horned lizards out in the desert. You also might be wondering where all the horny toads have gone. You’re not ...

The Komodo dragon is the world's largest living lizard, yet its hunting strategy is unlike almost any other predator. Instead of chasing prey to exhaustion, it delivers a devastating bite, follows the ...

Before we leave our discussion of the joys of summer, tribute should be paid to that miracle of climatic adaptation, the Sonoran Desert Stick Lizard. The little stretch of desert where I live is ...